10 Amazing facts about Shree Jagannatha Puri temple
By- Manish Jain
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The flag installed above the temple always waves in the opposite direction of the wind.
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If you look at the Sudarshan Chakra on top of the temple from anywhere in Puri, you will always see it right in front of you.
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During normal days the wind blows from sea to land and vice-versa during evening, but it is reverse in Puri.
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Birds or planes will not be found flying over the temple.
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The shadow of the main dome remains invisible at any time of the day.
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The quantity of food to be cooked inside the temple lasts for the whole year. Not a single quantity of Prasad ever goes waste, it can feed lakhs of people.
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In the kitchen of the temple, 7 utensils are placed on each other to cook Prasad and everything is cooked on wood only.
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You cannot hear any sound produced by the ocean only when you enter the first step in the temple’s Singhdwara.
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The temple kitchen is the largest kitchen in the world.
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Every evening the flag installed on top of the temple is changed by a human by climbing it upside down.