Temples of Odisha

Once a year the deities of Puri leave their temple. Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and his sister Subhadra are drawn on three great wooden chariots down the Bada Danda to the Gundicha temple, which tradition calls…

• Char Dham

The account preserved in the World Heritage listing credits the temple to the reign of Narasimha Deva I, in the 13th century, and says it took twelve years and twelve hundred artisans, led by the master builder Bisu…

In the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Sati gives up her body after Daksha insults Shiva; Shiva carries it across the land until Vishnu cuts it apart, and each place where a part falls becomes a seat of the goddess. The…

• 11 · Ashtadasa Shakti Peetha

Shiva is worshipped here as Harihara, a form combining Shiva and Vishnu.