Raja Ananta Varman was the name who was behind the great Jagannath Puri Temple. You can get to the temple easily reach to the temple from Orissa as it is situated in a town named as Puri. As the name implies, the temple is associated with Jagannath or commonly referred as Krishna, a Hindu God, who is supposed to be the lord of the universe in Hinduism.

You will certainly be fascinated to see the images of Jagannath Balabhadra and Subhadra, also, you experience will be enhanced when you will find them to be build with margosa wood. That is perhaps the first thing that will tell you the story of the exceptional artistry that surrounds the whole temple. The beautiful architecture has a great influence of the Orissa culture or the present culture of Orissa is under the influence of the temple, whatever that is, the architecture is something that will give you a great value for your money.

The temple is not just amazing to watch because of the great bit of architecture but it has a lot for the people who want to learn something about Indian culture and traditions. If you wan to be a part of the festivity that is the part of Indian culture, then, you can easily find some of the great festivals that are celebrated in the temple of Jagannath. Krishnana janma is one of those festivals and it is celebrated as the Krishna was supposed to born on the day. Along with this, you can be a part of some of the yatra that are known as Jhulan yatra, Sneha yatra and many others can also be found. Rath yatra is perhaps the most popular as in this yatra the three deities of the Jagannath temple are taken to the Gundecha temple and whole of the journey is covered by putting them on chariot or rath. The temple is considered to be the adorned with the largest kitchen as it can accommodate as many as 100,000 people who are supposed to be here during the festivals. The festivity is the feature of the temple and you can witness it through out the year.