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Jagannathaor JagannathForm under which Krishna is worshiped at Puri, Orissa, a famous religious center of India. His temple at Puri dates from the 12th century. The Rathayatra, or Chariot Festival, is held in his honor each year in June or July. An image of the god is placed on a cart so heavy that it takes thousands of devotees several days to move it to the god's temple outside the city. According to legend, pilgrims sometimes throw themselves under the wagon in hopes of attaining instant salvation, a practice that gave rise to the English word juggernaut. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Chadha VK, Kumar P, Jagannatha PS, Vaidyanathan PS, Unnikrishnan KP. According to Radha Jagannatha in the November 2001 American Journal of Public Health, within a randomly selected group of Medicaid recipients in New Jersey, only 29 percent of those who had a Medicaid billing for an abortion actually admitted to the abortion in a reproductive health survey. At the temple of Jagannatha in the town of Puri in Orissa, for example, the |
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