Gundicha Temple
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Gundicha Temple or the Garden House of the Hindu
God Jagannath
is situated in the temple town of Puri
in the state of Orissa
, India
. While it remains vacant most of the year, it is occupied by idols of the deities Jagannath
, Balabhadra, and Subhadra
for nine days every year during the annual Rath Yatra
in the Hindu
month of Ashadh. The temple is located on an end of the Bada Danda or the Grand Avenue at a distance of exactly 2688.0696 metres (about 3 km) away from the main shrine of the Jagannath Temple (Puri)
The temple built in typical Kalingan style is set in a garden. It is said that to honour the devotion of Queen Gundicha, wife of the legendary King Indradyumna who built the Puri Jagannath temple that Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra leave their regular abode in the main temple and spend a few days in this temple built by her in their honour.
Daru (the neem log) which came by the Bay of Bengal
and the first deities of lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra and Sudarshana was built by that log at the yagyanvedi at Gundicha temple by Lord Vishwakarma (the god of architecture).
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
God Jagannath
Jagannath
Jagannath is a transcendental non-anthropotheistic Hindu god worshiped primarily by the people of Indian state of Orissa, and, to a great extent, West Bengal...
is situated in the temple town of Puri
Puri
Puri is district headquarter, a city situated about south of state capital Bhubaneswar, on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal in the Indian state of Orissa. It is also known as Jagannath Puri after the Jagannath Temple . It is a holy city of the Hindus as a part of the Char Dham pilgrimages...
in the state of Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. While it remains vacant most of the year, it is occupied by idols of the deities Jagannath
Jagannath
Jagannath is a transcendental non-anthropotheistic Hindu god worshiped primarily by the people of Indian state of Orissa, and, to a great extent, West Bengal...
, Balabhadra, and Subhadra
Subhadra
Image:Jagannath, Baladev and Subadra in Radhadesh.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=|Subhadra, flanked by her brothers Balarama and Jagannatha . Deities of the Radhadesh temple in Belgium...
for nine days every year during the annual Rath Yatra
Rath Yatra
Ratha Yatra is a huge Hindu festival associated with Lord Jagannath held at Puri in the state of Orissa, India during the months of June or July. Most of the city's society is based around the worship of Jagannath with the ancient temple being the fulcrum of the area...
in the Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
month of Ashadh. The temple is located on an end of the Bada Danda or the Grand Avenue at a distance of exactly 2688.0696 metres (about 3 km) away from the main shrine of the Jagannath Temple (Puri)
Jagannath Temple (Puri)
The Jagannath Temple in Puri is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to Jagannath and located in the coastal town of Puri in the state of Orissa, India. The name Jagannath is a combination of the Sanskrit words Jagat and Nath...
The temple built in typical Kalingan style is set in a garden. It is said that to honour the devotion of Queen Gundicha, wife of the legendary King Indradyumna who built the Puri Jagannath temple that Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra leave their regular abode in the main temple and spend a few days in this temple built by her in their honour.
Daru (the neem log) which came by the Bay of Bengal
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal , the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered mostly by the Eastern Coast of India, southern coast of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the...
and the first deities of lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra and Sudarshana was built by that log at the yagyanvedi at Gundicha temple by Lord Vishwakarma (the god of architecture).