puri jagannath temple history
Who Built Puri Sri Mandir ? Nowadays, there are many controversies regarding the construction of temples. Many people are following the devotees who are trying hard to build a temple, inspired by the path of devotion to God. So this incident is not just for today. For ages, people who have been doing good deeds have to face such criticism and criticism. The story of King Indradyumna is also similar.
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According to the information described in the skanda Purana, Brahma Purana and other Puranas, King Indradyumna himself went to invite Brahma to establish the temple. In the meantime, many ages had passed on earth and the temple was buried in the sand. A king named Galmadhav took out the temple that was buried in the sand and worshipped it by placing an idol of Madhav in the temple. When King Indradyumna told Galmadhav that he had built the temple, he did not agree. Brahma tried to mediate and find out who had actually built the temple. But at that time, there was no one else on earth to testify in favor of King Indradyumna. At that time, the king’s eyes fell on Bhusandakak sitting on the Kalpa tree. The king said that this Bhusandakak is my witness. Brahma asked Bhusandakak about the construction of the temple. Bhusandakak told King Indradyumna that he had built the temple. But Galmadhav was not satisfied with the witness of a beast like a crow. So Brahma asked the king about other witnesses. The king accepted the Kurmas who had helped in building the temple as witnesses. From there, he took Brahma and Galmadhav and went to the pond. The Kurmas in the pond said, ‘Yes, Brahma built the temple for this king and carried the stones. We have turned from humans into Kurmas.’ Believing the words of Bhusandakak and Kurmas, Brahma told Galmadhav that King Indradyumna had built the temple.
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Puri Sri Mandir/Jagannath temple
According to legends in Madala Panji, the construction of the first Jagannath temple was commissioned by King Indradyumna, a Malava king, mentioned in the Mahabharata and the Puranas.
Indradyumna put up for Jagannath to build the tallest monument in the world. It was 1,000 cubits (457.2 metres) high. He invited Brahma, the cosmic creator, consecrate the temple and the images.
In Mahabharat (Banaparba) and Srimanda Bhagabat Gita (Purusattoma Joga), the name of Lord Jagannath is mentioned which established on the basis of the Puranic view that the history of the Jagannath temple is very old and it is built-in Satya Juga.
History of Jagannath Temple Puri
- The Jagannath Temple Puri is built by king Jajati Kesari in the period 949 to 959 A.D.
- The above temple was rebuilt by the famous king of the Ganga Dynasty Ananta Varman Chodaganga Deva in the period 1078 to 1147 A.D.
- The temple construction later completed by Anangabhima Deva in the period 1190 to 1198 A.D.
- So as historical view, the Jagannath temple of Puri is first built in the 10th century by king Jajati Kesari and in the 11th century the temple was reconstructed by the king Ananta Varman Chodaganga Deva and it was fully completed by Anangabhima Deva in 12th
- In 1568 the Gajapati Ruler Mukunda Deva was defeated by Kalapahada. The Darumruti is destroyed and brunt by him and then thrown into the sea.
- According to local tradition, an Oriya named Bisar Mohanty had been able to secure the Brahma from the half-burnt image of Jagannath which Kalapahara had thrown into the Ganga or Sea.
- He kept it for several years in Kujanga (a place in the Mahanadi delta) till Ramachandra Deva in a dream was ordered by Lord Jagannath Himself to get the Brahma from Kujanga, to set up new images of the Holy Trinity.
- After 20 years on 1590/92, king Ramachandra Deva re-established Darumruti in Jagannath temple and insert the Brahma into the new image of the Lord.
- Ramachandra Deva is known as “second Indradyumna” (‘Dwitiya or Abhinava’ Indradyumna).
- Due to his historical and legendary achievements, Ramachandra Deva and his successors were acknowledged throughout Orissa as the new Gajapatis.
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