Built in 1137, the Purushottam temple, famously known as Jagannath temple has remained a popular seat of Tantric, Vaishnavite, Shaivite, Shakta, tribal and even Buddhist cult. In one of the popular oral tales, it is said that Tulsidas had a vision of Ram in Jagannath. Such heterogeneous tradition has led to the writings of numerous texts and given rise to a vibrant oral culture around the temple. Such liberal manifestation of the image of Jagannath and a number of popular traditions around the deity have attracted the attention of researchers from around the world. This volume explores the...