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The Jagannatha Temple in Puri, Odisha, has strongly influenced the culture. According to & uranic text Jagannatha was originally a deity of the local tribes. Later, the god manifested himself in the form of wooden images that are worshipped. The Ganga dynast saw the recognition of Jagannath as the patron deity of the royal family A powerful Ganga monarch, Anangabhima-III, called his empire the Purus hot am (the empire of Puru shot tama)and himself there preventative of Purus hotta Kap Sadeva the founder of Surya vamsi Empire, invoked the name of Jagannath m Ky-to-day administration of the state. He prayed to the deity for permission to some Jebellious officers of the State. When we think of the Puri temple, we also think of the presiding deities therein as well as the pattern of cultural life. ?Around it hence the cult of Jagannatha has to be understood, interpreted and appreciated with all its social, cultural, religious and spiritual implications.
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