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High medieval · Hindu · India

Gundicha Temple

Puri, Odisha · 19.8169°, 85.8404°

Jagannath (with Balabhadra and Subhadra)UndeterminedKalinga (Deula), light-grey sandstone
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

The garden house at the far end of Puri's Grand Road that is the destination of the annual Rath Yatra, occupied by Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra for nine days each year. Empty the rest of the year, it is built of light-grey sandstone in the Kalinga deula manner.

Sthala katha — the legend

The temple is named for Gundicha, queen of the legendary Indradyumna who built the main Jagannath temple; pleased with her devotion, Jagannath is said to have promised to visit her house once a year.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined