Composed in the fifteenth century in Odia by Sarala Das, Sarala Mahabharata, as it is popularly known, is a remarkably creative retelling of Vyasa's Mahabharata. It is not a translation of Vyasa’s immortal work. Not only Sarala Mahabharata, but all renderings of the Sanskrit Ramayana and Mahabharata in local (“regional”, in today’s terminology) languages in …
SOME LESSER- KNOWN RITUALS AND PRACTICES IN SHRI JAGANNATH TEMPLE
This discussion invites attention to some lesser-known rituals and practices in the Temple of Lord Jagannath in Puri. The Temple is popularly known as Badadeula (Big Temple). It is also called Srimandira, and some say that “Sri” here refers to goddess Lakshmi. The discussion maintains that “lesser-known” in this context does not mean “less important”. …
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TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING JAGANNATH WORSHIP: A NARRATIVE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE BRAHMINICAL AND THE LOCAL AND ITS RESOLUTION
A NOTE : HOW SARALA CONNECTED KRISHNA WITH JAGANNATH Was Sarala the first to connect Krishna with Jagannath through a narrative? That might be the case, this post suggests. The Musali Parva of Sarala Mahabharata connects Shri Krishna with Mahaprabhu Jagannath. Neither Srimad Bhagavata nor Harivansha nor Vyasa Mahabharata made this connection. Neither did Shreepurushottama-kshetra-mahatmyam …
