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The Jagannath temple at Puri enshrines Jagannath, a form of Vishnu, alongside his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra, carved in a distinctive wooden form. It is one of the four Char Dham sites that a Hindu pilgrim aspires to visit in a lifetime. Each year the deities leave the sanctum to ride enormous chariots through the streets in the Rath Yatra, a procession witnessed by millions.
The present temple was built in the 12th century by the Eastern Ganga king Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva.