PURI
The Abode of Lord Jagannath

The king agreed. As days passed, the king's curiosity mounted and went beyond the stage of endurance. With uncontrollable inquisitiveness he opened the doors before the schedule time and found there, three incomplete images of Jagannath, his brother Balabhadna and sister Subhadra. When searched for the carpenter, he failed to locate him anywhere. All the three images were found in shapes only from the waist upwards. The hands of Balabhadra and Jagannath were not fully fashioned, nor polished. They were incomplete, while for Subhadra, no attempt at making hands was taken up. Fearing further disaster, Indradyumna installed and worshipped them with all due rituals. This credibly incredible account-a fusion of fact and fiction is to be only believed than questioned. Belief takes one nearer to the Lord, whereas doubt drives one out of the compound. Reserving the. controversies to the research scholars, let us enter the temple for the Darshan of the Lord.

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