Jagannatha Statue 1.5" Jagannatha Baladeva & Subhadra Maharani (K76)

Description

Intricately detailed and hand painted Jagannatha Statue of resin material. Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Maharani ready for your meditation.
Height: 1.5"
Jagannath
(
'lord of the universe'
) is worshipped by Hindus globally. Jagannath is considered a form of Vishnu. He is a part of a triad along with his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra. To most Vaishnavas, Jagannath is an abstract representation of Krishna
.
The deity of Jagannath is a carved and decorated wood with large round eyes and a symmetric face, and the deity has a conspicuous absence of developed hands or legs. The worship procedures, sacraments and rituals associated with Jagannath are syncretic, and include rites that are uncommon in Hinduism. The origin and evolution of Jagannath worship is unclear. Some scholars interpret hymn 10.155.3 of the Rigveda as a possible origin, but others disagree and state that it is a syncretic deity with tribal roots.
The  Jagannatha Temple in Puri, Odisha is particularly significant in Vaishnavism, and is regarded as one of the Char Dham, four main
,
pilgrimage sites in India
.
The Jagannath temple is massive, over 61 metres (200 ft) high in the
Nagara
Hindu temple style, and one of the best surviving specimens of Kalinga Architecture aka Odisha art and architecture.
The annual festival called the Ratha Yatra celebrated in June or July every year in eastern states of India is dedicated to Jagannath. His image, along with the other two associated deities, is ceremoniously brought out of the sacrosanctum (Garbhagriha) of his chief temple in Puri. They are placed in chariots which are then pulled by numerous devotees to the Gundicha Temple, (located at a distance of nearly 3 km or 1.9 mi). They stay there for a few days, after which they are returned to the main temple. Coinciding with the Ratha Yatra festival at Puri, similar processions are organized at Jagannath temples throughout the world. This festive public procession of Jagannath in Puri, where the heavy carriage becomes a "massive inexorable force, an unstoppable public campaign that crushes whatever is in its path" is the source of the word juggernaut.