Jagannath Temple|Dibrugarh|Assam|Jagannath Mandir IIndia @ Chalo Travel



A replica of the Lord Jagannath Temple, Puri, Odisha, has come up in Dibrugarh near the Mahatma Gandhi Park at Khanikar. The height of this temple is 85 feet. This temple is a major centre for religious tourism in upper Assam. As per the architectural structure, this temple is the 2nd after the original Jagannath Temple, Puri in India.

Apparently the person most instrumental to the coming up of the temple was the former governor of Assam Janaki Ballav Pattnaik under the aegis of whom the initial lot of papers saw the light of the day. The sanctum sanctorum is surrounded by walls approximately 3 meters in height on four sides with two gated openings. The east-facing main gate – Singhadwara – lays open the arms for the visitors greeted by the stone structures of two magnificent lions.

Sprawling over more than five bighas of land (approx) donated by the Bokpara Tea Estate the structure floats in the ocean of lush green tea plantations spread till oblivion. The proximate population (mostly tea tribe) embraces the temple in their daily existence and holds on to it in line with their kinfolks back in Odisha from where they had at one point in history migrated to the tea plantations of Assam.

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