Rare Photos of Jagannatha Puri, Orissa (India) from the 1800s and 1900s

Toronto, Nov 24 (Canadian-Media): Here is a compilation of some very old photos and paintings of Jagannatha Puri, in Orissa. Many of these photos were taken by William Henry Cornish around 1880 to 1890, media reports said.

Close view of the lion gate and aruna-stambha of the Jagannatha Temple taken by William Henry Cornish around 1892.​ Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

Photograph of the lion’s gate (singha dwara) of the Jagannatha temple at Puri taken by William Henry Cornish around 1868. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

View from the east towards the Jagannatha Temple with the bazaar in the foreground, taken by William Henry Cornish in 1892. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

Grand Road in front of Jagannatha Temple taken in 1928. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

​Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Dev during the cherapahanra, on the Nandigosh chariot taken by Asutosh Sinha in 1971. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

Construction of the Ratha chariots of Lord Jagannatha taken by Asutosh Sinha in 1960.

Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Dev during the cherapahanra, on the Nandigosh chariot taken by Asutosh Sinha in 1971. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

The return journey of Jagannatha Mahaprabhu from the chariot to the temple taken by Asutosh Sinah in 1968. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

Close view of the inner gateway of the Jagannatha Temple taken by Poorno Chander Mukherji in the 1890’s. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

Northern entrance of the Jagannatha Temple at Puri taken by Poorno Chander Mukherji in 1890. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

Southern facade of the Jagannatha Temple at Puri taken by William Cornish in 1892. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

​Minor temples at the south side of the Jagannatha Temple complex at Puri taken by Poorno Chander Mukherji in 1890. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

General view from the south-east of the Jagannatha Temple at Puri taken by William Henry Cornish in 1892. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

Entrance to the Jagannatha Temple (lion gateway – singhadwara) of the Jagannatha Temple at Puri taken by Henry Dixon in the early 1860s. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

Photograph of the dola-mandapa in the Jagannatha Temple complex at Puri taken by Poorno Chander Mukherji in 1890. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

 Photograph of sculptural panels in the Jagannatha Temple at Puri taken by Poorno Chander Mukherji in the 1890s. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

Photograph of Jagannatha temple in Puri taken in 1938. Image credit: IndiaDivine.org

All photographs credited to: IndiaDivine.org