Puri: Jagannatha Temple: Relics

[M. Tandy]

On Sat, 2 May 1998, Mary Storm wrote:
>
>  Does anybody know anything about this Puri legend or any other Hindu
> veneration practices of  body relics ?
>
> Was Puri a Buddhist site at one time?
>
        Check K.C. Mishra's The Cult of Jagannatha." If I remember
correctly, I think he discusses this. As far as I know, Puri is said to
have had some Buddhist connections to Sri Lanka in ancient times.
Jagannatha is definitely sometimes identified with the Buddha.

        MT