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The origin of the cult of Jagannath is mysterious.

The deity itself accepts almost all the sects of Hindu

Pantheon like Vedic religion, Vaishnavism,

Saivism, Tantricism and Brahminism in His abode.

In addition to these sects, Jainism and Buddhism

acclaim the Jagannath triad belonging to their

religions. In spite of this, scholars in the cult of

Jagannath believe in the aboriginal tribal (Savara)

origin of the Jagannath triad.

The scholars in the field of the cult of

Jagannath also differ in holding their own views

and theories. But among all the theories

propounded regarding the origin of the Jagannath

cult, the theory of tribal origin is the most accepted

one. Scholars like B.M.Padhi1

, A. Eschmann2

G.C. Tripathy3

, H. Kulke4

and H.V. Stietencorn

have dealt with the tribal origin of the Jagannath

cult. Though many arguments and counter

arguments have been put forth by the scholars to

support their own theories regarding the origin of

the cult no one has been able to deny the intimate

association of the Savaras or the tribals with the

cult of Jagannath from its inception. Even scholars

like B. Mohanty5

, N.K. Sahu6

, K.C Mishra7

,

S.Mohanty8

and G.N.Mohapatra9

have accepted

the tribal influence in the cult of Jagannath.

The legends of the Puri and the

Purusottam Mahatmya of the Skanda Purana, the

Musali Parva, the Vanaparva of Sarala Dasa’s

Mahabharata, Deula Tola of Sisu Krshna Das and

Nilambar Das refer to the Savara or tribal origin

Tribal Origin

of the Cult of the Jagannath

Abhimanyu Dash

of the Jagannath. Almost in a similar way they

narrate the Indradyumna story and explain how

the deity was originally worshipped by the

aboriginal Savara chief Visvavasu in the forest and

later on how it appeared at Puri.

The story in the Purusottama Mahatmya of

Skanda Purana – The story10 recorded in the

Purusottama Mahatmya of Skanda Purana says

that the shrine of Nilamadhava was located in the

Blue hill (Nila Saila) surrounded by a forest.

Indradyumna, the king of Avanti came to know

about the sanctity of the place and Lord

Nilamadhava. He sent Vidyapati to the place to

get information of Nilamadhava. Once Vidyapati

told to his wife Lalita about his desire to see the

God. At first Visvavasu was unwilling to allow

Vidyapati to take him to God Nilamadhava but

later on he took him by covering his eyes in order

to keep the secrecy of the shrine. But clever

Vidyapati on the way secretly dropped mustard

seeds, which germinated after a few days and

opened the secret path to Nilamadhava. Vidyapati

then returned to his master Indradyumna and

reported the location of the shrine. The King was

overwhelmed and started for Blue hill to have a

Darsana (view). But to his misfortune he could

not find the image there. In the night the king had

a dream in which he saw a noble tree coming

from the Svetadvipa where God Visnu appeared

in his blue form. In the morning news came to the

king that a log impressed with the signs of Visnu

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