Kailash Chandra Dash

Kailash Chandra Dash is a prominent historian and scholar renowned for his extensive research into the cult of Purushottama Jagannatha and the history of Odisha. In "Purushottama Jaganatha and his Temple," he offers a comprehensive account of the Jagannath Kshetra's origin and development, drawing on decades of sustained research. Dash reinterprets traditional narratives from literary, Puranic, and epigraphic sources to detail the evolution of the Puri temple, the installation of its Chaturddha Daru Murtti deities, and various aspects of its history, including repairs, pilgrim traditions, the Madalapanji chronicle, and colonial-era management.