8 Amazing facts about Jagannath Puri Temple, Odisha

One of the most amazing facts about Jagannath Puri temple is a scientific mystery that cannot be explained using basic science and hence makes people often wonder about the possibility of a mystical force. The mystery is that the waving of the flag normally occurs in direction of the wind, however, for some reason, the case is opposite for the flag over the temple.

It is a saying and is often observed by the people that while going inside the Jagannath Puri temple, you can hear the sound of the waves crashing on the beach near the temple. However, past a certain point, you cannot hear this same sound while returning back to the very point that you exit the temple.

It is quite an unreligious thing to waste food in all the religions around the world. The Jagannath Puri temple takes care of this practice in a mystical way altogether. No food is wasted in the kitchen of the temple irrespective of more or less the crowd while feeding each and every individual although the quantity of the prasadam cooked remains the same throughout.

Not only do airplanes not fly over the Jagannath Puri temple, but also birds have not been observed taking a flight over the temple. This unnatural cause cannot be explained by science.

Around the world, it can be seen by the scientific phenomenon that during the daytime a sea breeze flows from the sea to the land and vice versa for the night. But near the Jagannath Puri temple on the beach, it is just the opposite, meaning, a breeze flows from the land to sea in the day and the vice versa at night time.

The mystery of Sudarshan Chakra on the top of Jagannath Puri temple, It is observed that although being a flat chakra it appears to be facing you no matter which direction you stare the chakra from.

The Jagannath Puri temple is constructed in a way that you will never be able to see the shadow of the main dome irrespective of the time of the day.

In the kitchen of the Jagannath Puri temple, the Mahaprasadam is cooked in 7 sacred pots placed atop of each other. Surprisingly, the food in the top most pot cooks first and then in the 6 pot and so on. This denies the natural science of cooking. There is no denying the fact that India is a place of wonders but, Jagganath Puri temple is nothing short than a miracle. This is the very reason people worship the lord here with the purest of the feelings and thus their wishes are granted by the almighty.

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