Sri Jagannatha Puri: The Reservoir of Divine Love

India is a holy land and every speck of dust here is surcharged with righteousness. In such a great land of dharma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears in order to deliver the saintly people and annihilate the miscreants. What does Dharma actually mean? Dharma means the eternal nature of a living entity to serve Krsna - The Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Lord is very anxious to take all the living entities back to His spiritual abode. He Himself appears on earth in His various incarnations or sometimes He sends His dearmost devotees in order to accomplish this task. The places where the Lord performed His pastimes in past ages are called dhama or the holy places of pilgrimage. Such places e.g. BadrikaSrama, RameSvaram, Dwaraka and first and foremost Jagannatha Puri are therefore meant for the deliverance of the living beings from material life. Even today, thousands of pilgrims travel to such places for spiritual benefit. It is also said that, there is a particular worshipable deity and dhama for a particular age. Therefore, in this age of Kali, Sri Purusottama Ksetra is the dhama and the worshipable deity is Lord Jagannatha.

Sri Ksetra Jagannatha Puri is an ancient hub of great culture, knowledge as well as dharma and spirituality. It has been famous for its incomparable pride and spiritual influence since ages. A lot of information about this is obtained in Puranas. This holy place has been a picturesque playground of nature since ancient times. Nilacala mountain situated at the midst of the beautiful blue ocean on one side and a scenic forest on the other side, enhances the beauty of this holy place of Sri Ksetra.