juggernaut
Sign in to savethumb|right|The Car of Juggernaut, as depicted in the 1851 Illustrated London Reading Book thumb|Juggernaut cart in the Ulsoor temple complex in Bangalore, India, around 1870 thumb|The festival (2007) in Jagannatha Temple, Odisha|alt= A juggernaut (), in current English usage, is a literal or metaphorical force regarded as merciless, destructive, and unstoppable. The term frequently implies an out-of-control force or object.
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thumb|right|The Car of Juggernaut, as depicted in the 1851 Illustrated London Reading Book thumb|Juggernaut cart in the Ulsoor temple complex in Bangalore, India, around 1870 thumb|The festival (2007) in Jagannatha Temple, Odisha|alt= A juggernaut (), in current English usage, is a literal or metaphorical force regarded as merciless, destructive, and unstoppable. The term frequently implies an out-of-control force or object.
This English usage originates in the mid-nineteenth century. Juggernaut is the early rendering in English of Jagannath, an important deity in the Hindu traditions of eastern and north-eastern India. The meaning originates from the Hindu temple cars, which are chariots, often huge, used in processions or religious parades for Jagannath and other deities, the largest of which, once set into motion, are difficult to stop, steer or control by humans, on account of their massive weight.