Jagannath

Also known as Visnu, Daru, Chakanayan, Kalya, Antaryami, Niladribiharee, Abinash, Kaliahati

Jagannath (, , ; formerly ) is a Hindu deity worshipped as part of a triad along with his brother, Balabhadra, and his sister, Subhadra.

Key facts

Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.type: Hindu
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.image: Rath Yatra in Munich 2020, Lord Jagannath 20200725 160839.jpg
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.image_upright: yes
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.caption: A murti of Lord Jagannath
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.name: Para Brahman Jagannath
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.venerated_in: Hinduism
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.affiliation: Form of Vishnu
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.weapon: Sudarshana Chakra
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.siblings: Balabhadra and Subhadra
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.temple: Jagannath Temple, Puri, Odisha
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.mount: Garuda
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.consort: Jaganmata
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.mantra: Om Jagannāthāya Namah, Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.symbols: Panchajanya
Deity <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.region: Puri,(and later all around world)

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Encyclopedic overview

38 sections

Contents

Etymology
Iconography
Attributes
Tantric deity
Origins
Skanda Purana
Vedic origin
Buddhist origins
Jain origins
Vaishnava origins
Tribal origins
Syncretic origins
Transformation from unitary icon to triad
Theology
''Jagannath Dev’s Name in Every Month''
In Hindu texts and traditions
Vaishnavite version
Ramayana and Mahabharata
Sarala Dasa Mahabharata version
Kanchi conquest
Early Vaishnava traditions
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Gaudiya Vaishnavism
The ISKCON movement
Jagannath in Shaktism
Jagannath and other religions
Jagannath and Buddhism
Jagannath and Islam
Jagannath and Sikhism
Jagannath and Christianity
Influence
Festivals
Ratha Yatra
Temples
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

Jagannath (, , ; formerly ) is a Hindu deity worshipped as part of a triad along with his brother, Balabhadra, and his sister, Subhadra.

Jagannath, within Odia Hinduism, is the supreme god, Purushottama, and the Para Brahman. To most Vaishnava Hindus, Jagannath is a form of Mahavishnu, sometimes as an avatar of Vishnu. To some Shaiva and Shakta Hindus, he is a symmetry-filled tantric form of Bhairava, a fierce manifestation of Shiva associated with annihilation.

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