The deities of the Sri Jagannath Temple are generally known as the Trimurti(Trinity) though, to the scholars, they are Chaturdhaa murtis (or images, 4 in number). Some think that originally there was only Jagannath as the object of worship and when Neela Madhava disappeared, King Indradyumna fabricated the body of Jagannath out of a log of wood that was picked up from the sea, as per a divine direction received by the King. Scholars holding the view that originally the Present-day Trinity was not there, cite the example of a Temple found in the Cuttack District in Orissa (belonging perhaps to the seventh century A.D.) where the images only of Jagannath and Balabhadra have been carved and Subhadra is not to be seen there.It is, therefore, believed that when there was a great resurgence of shaktism from the 7th century onwards, there was a successful attempt to install an image of the Mother Goddess (Durga or Sakti) in the Puri Temple by the side of Jagannath. According to some others, installation of the image of Durga or Sakti (who is also known as Bhadraa, Mangalaa etc.) might have taken place during the visit of shankaracharya to Puri.
In the Konark Temple built in the 13th century A.D. (about a century later than the Puri Temple), there is a panel of three images. Jagannath is seen in the middle and to his left is the Mother Goddess, while to his right is a Linga (phallus). From this, it is deduced by some that this might have been the “Trio” of the Puri Temple, indicating the equal importance of Vaishnavism, Shaktism and Shaivism.
There is another hypothesis that Bhadraa or Mangalaa (Durga) came to be called as Subhadra and at the time of Vaishnavite preponderance, she was introduced as Shri Krishna's sister, whose name also is Subhadra. Similarly one of the names of Lord Shiva is Veerabhadra. Somehow, at a time of Vaishnavic efflorescence, He was transformed into Balabhadra. (The second half of this name i.e., ‘Bhadra’ was retained and the first half was substituted by Bala). When he was thus called Balabhadra, he was introduced as the elder brother of Srikrishna.
Utkal Sanskrutik Sangh is a cultural organization and Neelachal Trust is a chariatable trust located in Chandigarh. Both are committed to spread the Jagannath Culture and propagate Lord Jagannath's glory, particularly in Chandigarh and adjacent areas. Cultural programs are organized from time to time for these purpose.
Bhumi Pujan of the temple was held on the day of Holi in the year 1982. Then after the construction works of the temple started. The first world famous rath yatra started in the yrear 1995. The temple is located in the defence area ( Sector-31 D). A formal no objection certificate was obtained from the defence authority to construct the temple complex. Many defence and civil dignitaries involved to construct the temple complex. Now the Jagannath Temple is in the map of Chandigarh administration.
Mr Sk Sinha IAS, Mr Gokul Pattnaik IAS, Mrs Soudamini Bambha, Dr RJ Dash, Mr PN Mohanty, Mr Sudhansu kumar Masngaraj, Mr Kaibalya Biswal, Mr Deepak Kumar Kabi, Mr Rushi charan Mallick, Mr Narrotam Mallick, Mr Jaganath Mallick, Mr Makar Bhanja, Mr Ranjan Mishra, Mr SC pradhan, Mr RS Mishra, Mr SK tripathy, Mr TK Mishra, Mr GB Mishra, Mr Pravat Panda, Mr Braja Bhanja, Mr Sk Bhuyan, Mr Sudhakar bhuyan, Mr Rabindra Panigrahi, Mr Girish Kumar Panda, Mr Damoder Panda, Mr Lokanath Sahoo, Mr BC Samal, Mr Laxan Sahoo, Mr PK Jena, Mr Khageswar Swain, Mr Rabindra Nath Tripathy, Mr Sudarsan Sahu, Mr Dolagbinda Panda, Mr Mohapatra, Mr Ranjit Singh, Mr Parida, Mr Jaganath Routray.
