Jagannath culture, the principle of SarvaDharma Samanwaya

Orissa is the land of Jagannath culture. He represents the religious worship of Orissa. It has a unique and valuable religious tourism resources. The state has something for everyone. The monuments, the Sun Temple at Konark, the Jagannath temple in Puri, the temple in Bhubaneswar Lingraj the holy places of Orissa attract thousands of pilgrims from different parts of the world in recent times. The beautiful yatra motivate Car festival of Lord Jagannath many followers from different parts of the world. There are many places of Orissa, which deserve to be made known to the world of international tourism. The temple architecture and sculpture of Orissa are world famous. Apart from the Indian culture, Orissa, like any other region of the country there are no differences of culture of its own. Lord Jagannath is the presiding deity of Orissa culture. It became the symbol of a single religion, and> Culture among Jainism, Buddhism, Shaivism, Vaishnavism Shaktism and from time to time. But Jagannath is the Lord of the universe, omnipotent and omnipresent. The holy place is Puri of Orissa prominent than purusottam Kshetra. In the Hindu faith, it is one of the four centers of deliverance from ancient times to look at the people in India four places, namely Badrinathin north, Rameswaram in the south, Dwaraka in the west, and Puri on the eastern lake cost as their objectives forPilgrimage. Puri was thus recognized as one of the holiest cities in India from an ancient past. It is also known as "Shreekshetra1, Niladri, Sankha Kshetra and Martya Baikuntha.

According to the Vedas and the Puranas, the Purusottam appear in Puri. Therefore it is said Purusottamkshetra, the place of Jagannath or Purusottam, that is the Supreme Being, or the master of the universe is a place of great antequity. According to ancient tradition, Sanskrit Purana and Brahma Purana Scandha asand in Oriya Mahabharata of Adikavi Sarala Das and Darubrahma Gita of Jagannath Das, a leader named Savara Biswabasu revered image Nilamadhava in a secret place called Nilakandara on the east coast.

The King of Malawa, Indradyumna "Utkal approached to take possession of that divine image. Nilamadhava but disappeared from its original place and swam in the sea in the form of a huge block of wood.

Indradyumn committed Zimmermann abzustecken out pictures thatTimber in a holy temple. The old carpenter agreed to make images on condition that the doors may remain of the temple for twenty-one Tage geschlossen. On the fifteenth day when no sound was heard of woodcarving. From the inside, the queen of the suspicion that the image-maker may be dead. She asked the king to the door when it was done openly. Seen inside the temple were the idols of Jagannath incomplete, Balab-Bhadra, Subhadra and Sudarshan.The Legend suggests that Jagannath was originally the god ofThe savaras. . The nature of peoples such as the worship Savaras, nishad and Kiratas to trees as deities used from prehistoric times. In later times, after the Dravidians and the Aryans also contain tree worship in their religion, was converted into the tree service in the worship of wooden images.

Be noted that while the pictures are of Hindu deities are made of stone or metal, the image of the Supreme Being Purusotam Jagannath made of wood. Since the original nameSavara Nilamadhava was the deity, the name of his new city became known as Nilachala.It is said that wooden idols of Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Sudarshan primitive art of savaras represented. Jagannath was the god of Savaras was so deep in the Oriya because Sarala The Jagannath described as "Narayana Savari" Mahabharata, in its 15th Century written rooted. According to Jainism, lo-Jagannath in the way that the names of JainaTirthakaras.It also said thatTri-Ratna Jain and with the right faith, right knowledge and right action are symbolically represented in the trinity of Jagannath, Balabhadra, believed Subhadra.The Janis into idolatry.

They believed used to the images of tirthankars on the car seat and take in a procession, as the Jagannath car festival. According to some scientists, the images of Jagannath, Subhadra and Balabhadra symbolizes the Buddhist belief in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. It is also said thatForest dwellers of Orissa as the Savaras accepted Buddhism in Asoka's time. Was with the first century of the Christian era, as idolatrous practice among the Buddhists, the Savara came to see the image of Jagannath as the image of Buddha. Over time, the Hindus regarded the Buddha as an incarnation or avatar of Vishnu and Buddha as Jagannath identified, the Supreme Being (in the Age of Kali Kali-Yuga). Buddhism was a caste society. This conviction in the brotherhood of man.Purusottam kshtra is the only sacred place in whole of India where the Prasad or bhoga of Jagannath is shared under same plate by Brahmans and Sudra together. This unique phenomenon is described to the influence Buddhism under universal religion, which Jagannath stands for.

When the Surya a Dynasty came to power after the Gang as the medieval Bhakti Movement was at its height. Devotion to Krishna was the central theme of Bhakti. On account of this, Jagannath was seen as Krishna. To drive This is where the Hindu mind was story that when his body was Srikrishna, after he hit her with a burning arrow of Jarasavara Pandavas by his total rehabilitation. But burning a part, and floated in the form of wood in the real there is to know in the dream that King Indra dyunma to jannath for the carving of images, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Sudarsan from that divine wood. To Vaishnavites, it is Srikrishna, who appeared as Jagannath in this Kali age.

Tojustifies the presence of Balabhadra with Subhadra and Jagannath said that Vasudev Jagannath-Krikrishna is, and therefore, Krishna's brother Balarama and sister Subhadra are given square-Jagannath. Since these three idols were regarded as the Buddha. Dharma and Sangha, the Buddhist and became a symbol of the Sudarshan Chakra, the Buddha Dhrma Vaishnavas identify with Sudarshan Sudarshan Krishna "chakra" means

The importance of culture lies in Jagannaththe fact that it absorbs all religions and all religious believes in himself. As part of the all-times embarrassing, one finds the essence of the development of Indian religions and cults. The distinctive feature of Hinduism from the old limit was the freedom of every individual to think of God in his own way. Each group, community or caste was also given the freedom to develop their own religious tradition. There was no rigidity or intolerance of the Hindu way of life.

"In this atmospherecomplete freedom and liberalism, developed in India, many religious traditions and systems, mode of worship and prayer £ higher human ideal, and blind superstition about all this in the background "the culture of Jagannath has developed itself as the 10-seat all varieties of thought in themselves. diversity in unity and unity in diversity is a prime character Jagannath Call The Supreme Bering One and the same; Jagannath is the Lord of the universe. In the sprayexternal differences m human existence, Jagannath is the one God for all.

Jagannath is represented in the Vedic Brahmarfiim, Jainism, Buddhism, Puranic Hinduism, Saivism, Saktism, Taoism and Vaishnavism in different

Phases of the time. Although in the form of wooden idols, Jagannath is that absolute being that is indescribable, beyond form and incomprehensible. He is the Savior of all, irrespective of caste, color orfreedom of man.

The universality of the Jagannath Court held:western thinkers of the present day. They find in the Jagannath Cull the highest spiritual ideals and the deepest feelings of demotion' mixed with outward ceremonies to satisfy the common mind. The Cult of Jagannath is thus a gift of Orissa humanity to satisfy its desire for spiritual peace, social harmony and universal divinity.

References: http://www.orissatourism.com
: History of India by R.C.Majumdar
: Indian History by M.N.Das
: Manorama Year Book.
: The The Rough Guide of India by David Abram, and others.
: History of Orissa from J.pattanaik
: History of Orissa from three authors

FROM:
Mr. Ramesh Chandra Padhy
Lecturer in Tourism Management
VIHTM, Rajkot, Gujarat
E-mail: ramesh.padhy @ rediffmail.com

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