Who is Jagannath?
Lord Shri Jagannath is the main deity of the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha. The Puri Jagannath temple is one of the Char Dham pilgrimage sites in India. Jagannatha is worshipped in regional Hindu traditions in India as part of a triad along with his brother Lord Balabhadra, and sister, Subhadra. Jagannath, within Odia Hinduism, is the supreme god, Purushottama, and the Para Brahman. To most Vaishnava Hindus, particularly the Krishnaites, Jagannath is an abstract representation of Krishna, sometimes as the avatar of Vishnu. To some Shaiva and Shakta Hindus, he is a symmetry-filled tantric form of Bhairava, a fierce manifestation of Shiva associated with annihilation.
Jagannath is a Sanskrit word, compounded of Jagat meaning "universe" and natha meaning "Master" or "Lord". Thus, Jagannath is the "Lord of the universe".
In Sanskrit, the letters "Ja" stand in for Jagannath, "Ga" for Balabhadra, "Nna" for Subhadra, and "Tha" for Sudarsan. Thus, the four deities of the Jagannath Temple are united under the name Jagannath.
||Jai Jagannath||
One of the wonders of Lord Jagannath is his Annual Rath Yatra or Chariot Festival, which attracts millions of pilgrims. This is the only festival in the world where deities are taken out of temples to travel to devotees, and it is also the largest chariot procession in the world.
Documented in Hindu sacred texts – Brahma Purana, Padma Purana, Skanda Purana and Kapila Samhita – it is believed that Subhadra, sister of Lord Jagannath, desired to travel to Puri. To fulfil her wish, Lord Jagannath, along with his elder brother Lord Balabhadra, left for Puri in a chariot with Devi Subhadra.
Since then, this festival marks the annual ceremonial journey of Lord Jagannath, brother Balabhadra and younger sister Subhadra.
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It means if we see Vaamana or Lord Jagannath on the Chariot during the Rath Yatra or the Car festival, we will never have to take rebirth again. In other words, we will get salvation or moksha or liberation from the cycle of birth and death.
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