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and numerous others as liis followers. Ultimately, Jagannatha Dasa 
himself disappeared in the body of the Lord Jagannatha. According 
to the author, Caitanya was an avatara of Krsna, while Jagannatha 
Dasa was an avatara of Rad ha. 
The Bhairabata Parana is the most sacred book of the Vaisnavas, 
their Bible or Koran. The Oriyas are mostly Vaisnavas, and hence the 
Oriya Bhagabata enjoys an immense popularity. In every respectable 
house a room is set apart in which the Bhagabata with the other 
religious works is kept on a gadi (raised seat) and periodically or daily 
worshipped with flowers, tulsi leaves and sandal pastes. In every 
important village a shed is set aside at one end, where the villagers 
gather and hear every week the Bhagabata read out by Brahmins. On 
auspicious days the Bhagabata is read out in a gentlemen’s house to his 
friends and relatives, while the pothi is always handled with care and 
respect. 
I give below two extracts to let the reader have some idea of 
the writer’s powers. The first gives a description of the summer season 
in the groves of Brndabana; and the second attempts to describe in 
vernacular the Maya doctrine of Vedantism. 
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