| The ceremonies still observed in the temple of Jagannath are suspected of being based on Buddhist rites. |
| Jagannath is also regarded as a form of Vishnu, although apparently not of Brahmanic origin. |
| Meanwhile, the team from the University of Illinois in the USA and Jagannath Institute for Technology and Management in India is developing a mass marketable, solar-powered light to replace kerosene lamps in India. |
| This latter, like the temple of Jagannath at Puri, is suspected of having been a Buddhist shrine. |
| A washerman from Dvarka, a water-carrier from Jagannath puri, and a barber from Bidar responded one after another and advanced to offer their heads. |
| Orissa is the site of a place of pilgrimage for Hindus to which millions of people come once a year to pay homage to Lord Jagannath. |
