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Jagannath Temple (
File:SitaRamJi being taken to RupBas.jpg, SitaRamJi being taken to RupBas
File:JagannathJi Rath.jpg, JagannathJi seated on Indra Vimana
File:JankiJi with Old deity of Lord Jagannath.jpg, JankiJi with Old deity of Lord Jagannath
File:JankiJi Rath.jpg, JankiJi's Rath
File:JagannathJi at RupBas.jpg, JagannathJi at RupBas
File:Indra_Vimana_with_Elephants.jpg, Indra Vimana
Jagannath Temple (Devnagari
Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the a ...
: जगन्नाथ मन्दिर) is a Hindu temple
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dedicated to Lord Vishnu
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Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" withi ...
and located in Alwar
Alwar (Pronunciation: lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region and the administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. It is located 150 km south of Delhi and 150 km north of Jaipur. ...
, India
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. The temple's presiding deity is anthropomorphic form of Lord Jagannath
Jagannath ( or, ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ, lit=Lord of the Universe, Jagannātha; formerly en, Juggernaut) is a deity worshipped in regional Hindu traditions in India and Bangladesh as part of a triad along with his brother Balabhadra, and sister ...
of ''Puri'', while other two deities are ''SitaramJi'', the Shaligram maharaj and ''JankiJi'', the goddess Laxmi. The temple is built several meters above the ground in old part of the city. It has awe inspiring medieval architecture and rare floral motifs adorn its walls and pillars. The Garbhagriha
A ''garbhagriha'' or ''sannidhanam'' is the ''sanctum sanctorum'', the innermost sanctuary of a Hindu and Jain temples where resides the '' murti'' (idol or icon) of the primary deity of the temple. In Jainism, the main deity is known as the ' ...
has two deities of Lord Jagannath, one is movable while other is fixed. It is probably the only temple where two deities of one presiding Lord reside simultaneously. The temple is famous for its annual Rath Yatra
Ratha Yatra (), or Chariot festival, is any public procession in a chariot. The term particularly refers to the annual Ratha Yatra in Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and other East Indian states, particularly the Odia festival that involve a ...
festival where Lord Jagannath is carried in a chariot called ''Indra Vimana''. The chariot, earlier an elephant carriage, had been used by erstwhile Maharaja
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A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, a ...
of Alwar and was donated to the temple later on to be used for the Rath yatra. The Rath Yatra festival follows different traditions and rituals than those of Puri. Here, it is part of annual wedding celebration between Lord Jagannath and JankiJi at Roopbas. The fixed deity of Lord Jagannath, ''Budhe Jagannath'', is much older and available for darshana
In Indian religions, ''Darshana'', also spelt ''Darshan'', (Sanskrit: दर्शन, , ) or ''Darshanam'' (darśanam) is the auspicious sight of a deity or a holy person.
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only for five days during Rath Yatra.
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