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Jagannath Temple

Puri, Puri District, Odisha Vaishnava tradition

Served from the stored corpus. Last scan Sep 28, 2026. Next scan Oct 28, 2026.

Photograph

Earliest republishable photograph in this record.

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Photograph from about 1868 by William Henry Cornish showing the Lion Gate of the Jagannath Temple at Puri.

Lion Gate

William Henry Cornish photographed the Lion Gate around 1868. This is the earliest photograph of the Puri temple stored here.

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  1. Around 1868 Lion Gate
  2. 1890s North entrance
  3. 1890s Street beside the temple
  4. 1890s Temple in the 1890s
  5. About 1892 Temple from the east
  6. About 1892 Temple from the south-east
  7. 9 December 2013 Temple tower

Around 1868 William Henry Cornish, around 1868. Public domain, Archaeological Survey of India, via Wikimedia Commons. Source and license

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  • Identified from a secondary account This line records the published identification only. It does not add a construction date or a height. Date not established in this corpus · Documented fact · Medium confidence

Evidence summary

Counts are records in this corpus, including gaps.

7 Republishable photographs
0 Interior photographs
0 Diagrams
1 Documents

About the temple

The Jagannath Temple stands in Puri. Published accounts dedicate it to Jagannath, a form of Vishnu. They associate the present complex with the Eastern Ganga ruler Anantavarman Chodaganga and treat the story of King Indradyumna as legend. This record keeps that distinction. The earliest photograph stored here shows the Lion Gate in 1868.

Primary deity: Jagannath

Secondary accounts begin the present complex in the twelfth century. That date is not checked against an inscription edition here. The Indradyumna story is tradition, not a dated building event.