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Ten wonders that still have no explanation
Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha is among the most revered temples in India, where Lord Krishna is worshipped as Lord Jagannath alongside his elder brother Lord Balabhadra and younger sister Devi Subhadra. Historians, scientists, priests and devotees have tried for years to explain what happens here — and much of it remains a mystery.
The flag atop the temple flutters against the direction of the wind. Every day for 1,800 years, a priest has climbed the shikhara — as tall as a 45-storey building — with bare hands and no safety gear to change it. Skip the ritual for a single day, it is said, and the temple stays shut for 18 years.
The idols are carved from wood and replaced during Nabakalebara, once every 8, 12 or 19 years. Sacred neem trees are chosen to rigid specifications, and selected carpenters carve in secrecy over 21 days. The old idols are buried near Koili Vaikuntha. The last Nabakalebara was in 2015.
No matter the hour, no matter where the sun sits in the sky, the temple casts no shadow. Whether it is an architectural feat or something else remains unknown.
The Mahaprasad is offered in five phases and consists of 56 delicacies — the dry sukhila and the shankhudi of rice, dal and more. Devotees can receive it at Ananda Bazaar within the temple premises.
Thousands of priests cook the Mahaprasad over firewood in seven earthen pots stacked one above the other. The food in the topmost pot cooks first, followed by the rest — another riddle no one has solved.
Step inside the temple and the sound of the sea disappears. Myth holds that Devi Subhadra wished for the temple to be a place of serenity, and to please her, the temple mutes the waves.
Birds circle the skies and rest on treetops everywhere — but not above this dome. No bird, no aircraft passes over the temple. There is no logical explanation yet.
The wheel of fortune atop the temple weighs about a tonne. From any height, from any point in Puri, it always appears to face the viewer. How 12th-century builders lifted something so heavy that high is a mystery in itself.
Lakhs of pilgrims arrive each year, far more on Rath Yatra days. Yet the same quantity of food is cooked daily — none is ever wasted, and no devotee goes unfed.
On most coasts the breeze blows inland by day and out to sea by evening. In Puri, it happens in reverse.
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