Jagannath Puri

Introduction

Puri’s Jagannath centre is remembered in Sikh tradition in connection with Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s eastern travels.

The Journey

Puri appears in janamsakhi geography of the east/south-east. Classified as Sikh historical tradition. Do not invent a temple-court transcript.

The Sakhi

According to Sikh tradition, Guru Nanak Dev Ji taught that the Divine is not locked inside one image or one seaside shrine. Exact ritual-critique scenes vary by later telling.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji's Teaching

Worship of form without the Formless is incomplete.

Historical Context

Approximate period: Traditionally placed in the Udasis of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (often dated by later writers to the late 15th and early 16th centuries). Exact years are not established.

Traditional sequence (not an exact dated timetable).

Sikh Historical Tradition

The visit is recorded in Sikh historical and traditional sources such as janamsakhis or Bhai Gurdas. This is presented as tradition, not as independently proven fact.

Janamsakhi recensions and later Sikh memory are not treated here as interchangeable with independently proven itinerary. Where evidence is thinner, the status label says so.

Map

Location shown approximately.

Continue the Journey

← Chittagong Follow this stop

Stop 13 of 13 on this journey dataset.

Related places

Sources

• Janamsakhi tradition (Sikh historical tradition)
  Multiple janamsakhi recensions describe journeys of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Recensions differ on sequence and some destinations.