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27 unusual facts about Puri


Amethi

It has many direct trains connecting with major cities like Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Dehradun, Haridwar, Allahabad, Varanasi, Kolkata, Puri, Bhopal, Mumbai, Bangalore, Jammu and many more.

Amos Sutton

Soon after their arrival to his mission station, his first wife Charlotte died due to sickness at Puri, Orissa;later, he married James Coleman, second wife and an American Baptist missionary widow.

Bhagabati Temple, Banapur

On 22 October 2010 the temple opened again after consecration by a group of Brahmins from Govardhana matha, Puri.

Bhikari Bal

Later, he was consigned to flames at the Swargadwara at Puri.

He was awarded the title of Bhajan Samrat by the Puri Gajapati and was given special privileges inside the temple for his devotional tribute to Lord Jagannath.

Bhojpuri cuisine

A more common breakfast served as street food includes Puri-Sabzi, Kachori and Jalebi.

A night before this festival, women cook Kheer, Puri and Dal-Puri and next morning after worshiping, these are eaten as offering whole day.

On special occasions Halwa-Puri, Kheer/sevai-Puri, Pua-Dahi,Chhola-Bhatura or Naan served with any meat dish are commonly served as breakfast.

Ek Niranjan

Ek Niranjan was released all over Andhra Pradesh with over 350 prints in 700 theaters and the hype was outstanding due to the combination of Prabhas and Puri.

Hatyapuri

Disturbed by the heat and humidity of Calcutta in June, (combined with frequent electricity failures) the "Three Musketeers", Prodosh C. Mitter (Feluda), Topshe, and Lalmohon Babu (alias Jatayu) go to Puri for vacation.

Hatyapuri 1979) a crime novel by Satyajit Ray gets its title from a location (Puri) on the shores of the Bay of Bengal which is a popular tourist attraction in East India.

Kailash Chandra Mishra

Dr Mishra is from a village called Sriramachandrapur in Puri, a district of Orissa.

Markandeshwar Temple

The ancient Markandeswar Shiva Temple is situated in the Markandeswar street by the side of the Markandeswar tank, to the north of the Jagannath temple, Puri.

Nandankanan Zoological Park

In addition, the divisional forest officer of Deogarh captured a pangolin (scaly ant-eater) and two porcupines, and the divisional forest officer of Puri captured a pair of wild boars and a Python.

Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

Swami Nigamananda had taken a short retirement from his busy work, left Assam Bangiya Saraswata Matha, Jorhat, (Assam) and came to Puri in 1923.

He bought Nilachala Kutir near Puri sea shore and here he spent the last 12 years of his earthly life.

NSS (Puri) is one of the important spiritual foundation of Swami Nigamananda after Saraswata Matha, established at Kokilamukh, Jorhat in 1912.

Pakhala

It is unknown when "Pakhaḷa" was first included in the daily diet of Eastern India, but it was included in the recipe of Lord Jagannath Temple of Puri during circa.

Pancha Tirtha of Puri

# Rohini Kunda is a sacred well located within the Jagannath Temple premises, near the Vimala Temple.

Hindus consider bathing in the Pancha Tirtha or the five sacred bathing spots of Puri, India are considered essential to complete a pilgrimage to Puri.

Posta, Burrabazar

The Posta Raj family had once constructed the road from Cuttack to Puri, in order that pilgrims could travel easily to the Jagannath temple.

Puri district

5) Prachi River- It is a branch commencing from Puri and Jagatsinghpur district.

1) Kushabhadra River- A branch of Kuakhai river originates from Balianta and meets the sea of Bay of Bengal at the shrine of Ramachandi, located 15 miles east of Puri.

It runs into Puri district near the extreme east forming numerous branches.

Ramachandi Temple

It is situated 7 km before Konark on the Marine drive road from Puri to Konark.

Siddha Vinayaka

Legend says that the Gajapati King Purushottama deva (15th century) of Puri on the way to his conquest of the Kanchi Kingdom recovered the image in the hollow of two trees of Bara and Ashwattha and paid his homage to the image after its consecration.

Sita Bibaha

It premiered April 28, 1936 at the Laxmi Talkies of Puri.


Agnipankh

Agnipankh (The wings of fire in Hindi) is an Indian film directed by Sanjiv Puri about pilots in the Indian Air Force.

Arya Samaj in South Africa

Another preacher, Swami Mangalanand Puri, came to Natal in 1913.

Banka district

A Ratha-Yatra procession of Lord Madhusudanah occurs every year on the same day as the Rath Yatra procession in Puri.

Dewa Cawu

He belonged to a dynasty that claimed descent from the Hindu-Javanese Majapahit Empire, and kept its palace (puri) in Gelgel near Bali's south coast.

Ek Niranjan

Jagganadh and Prabhas worked together for the film Bujjigadu which was an average score in the box-office, Puri decided to do the duo again for Ek Niranjan.

Indus World School

The Indus World School was established by IIT and IIM alumni R. Satya Narayanan, Gautam Puri, Nikhil Mahajan, Sujit Bhattacharyya, R. Srinivasan, D. Vijay Kumar and Shiv Kumar who wished to create "a place of learning with a difference".

Jean-Théodore Descourtilz

He discovered traces of gold and iron in the vicinity of the village Laurinha, created by the provincial government to house and proselytise the Puri Indians.

Mahari dance

Mahari dance is nearly a millennium old with dance having been an integral part of the daily rituals at the Jagannath temple of Puri since the time of Ganga rulers of Utkal.

Modelhouse

The conservation of this private building was awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2004 annual UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards.The head of the UNESCO Office in Kathmandu, Ms. Koto Kanno, presented the award to Mr. Rabindra Puri, owner of the Namuna Ghar.

Navagunjara

Navagunjara is also depicted in Ganjifa playing cards as the King card and Arjuna as the minister card, in parts of Orissa, mainly in Puri District and Ath-Rangi Sara in Ganjam District, Orissa.

Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

Banamali Dash, Durga Charan Mohanty along with devotees, who were coming on the quest of truth and knowledge to Nilachala Kutir, sought permission from Swami Nigamananda to celebrate His birth day at Nilachala Kutir (Puri) on 24 August 1934, Full Moon day(Shraban Purnima).

Nova Friburgo

Up to the 19th century, the region of the present Nova Friburgo was inhabited by coroado purí Indians.

Odisha Day

The newly formed Odisha consisted of six districts namely Cutack, Puri, Baleswar, Sambalpur, Koraput and Ganjam having its capital at Cuttack.

Prafulla Kumar Sen

For other individuals using the alias Satyananda Puri, see Swami Satyananda Puri.

Rajeev Khandelwal

He was approached for a lead role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali production's Chenab Gandhi along with Amitabh Bachchan and Vidya Balan but due to conflict between SLB and Director Vibhu Puri film got stalled.

Samkha Kshetra

The Nilachal (Blue Mountain) is part of traditional division of Puri into seven concentric circles having the Lion throne in the place of common centre.

The Samkha Khsetra derives its name from the typical dakshinavarti Shankha(conch)-shaped, outer locational pattern of various temples, sacred places and secondary and tertiary deities in Puri, with the Jagannath Temple at its heart centre.

Satpada

It is located at a distance of 50 kilometers from Puri, Satapada on Chilika is home for Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris).

Satya Vrat Shastri

Satya Vrat Shastri was also the Vice-Chancellor of Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University, Puri, Orissa, and a visiting professor at the Chulalongkorn and Silpakorn Universities in Bangkok, as well as the Northeast Buddhist University, Nongkhai, Thailand, the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, the Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium, and the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Taratarini Temple

The mythological texts recognize four major Shakti Peethas: Tara Tarini (Stana Khanda), near Berhampur; Bimala (Pada Khanda) inside the Jagannath Temple (Puri); Kamakhya (Yoni khanda), near Guwahati; and Dakshina Kalika (Mukha khanda) in Kolkata.