The origin and evolution of Jagannath worship is unclear. Unusually, the icon is made of wood and replaced with a new one at regular intervals. The worship procedures, sacraments and rituals associated with Jagannath are syncretic and include rites that are uncommon in Hinduism. The idol of Jagannath is a carved and decorated wooden stump with large round eyes and a symmetric face, and the idol has a conspicuous absence of hands or legs. Odia Vaishnavism) - the particular sector of Jagannath as a major deity - emerged in the Early Middle Ages and later became an independent state regional temple-centered tradition of Krishnaism/Vaishnavism. To some Shaiva and Shakta Hindus, he is a symmetry-filled tantric form of Bhairava, a fierce manifestation of Shiva associated with annihilation. To most Vaishnava Hindus, particularly the Krishnaites, Jagannath is an abstract representation of Krishna, or Vishnu, sometimes as the avatar of Krishna or Vishnu. Jagannath, within Odia Hinduism, is the supreme god, Purushottama, and the Para Brahman. Jagannatha ( Odia: ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ, romanized: Jagannātha, lit.'Lord of the Universe' formerly English: Juggernaut) is a deity worshipped in regional Hindu traditions in India and Bangladesh as part of a triad along with his brother Balabhadra, and sister, Subhadra.
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