Some of you are contemplating to also visit Jagannath Puri. Wonderful!

Here is short glorification of Puri - where the Lord Purusottama (the best of all persons) resides in this form of Jagannatha. It is taken from the Chaitanya Bhagavat:

From afar seeing the Jagannatha-temple flag, the Lord became plunged in an ocean of bliss. The wonderful, indescribable Lord loudly roared. His entire body trembled. He looked and looked in the direction of the temple. As He walked, the Lord recited a verse. In this way Lord Caitanya enjoyed pastimes. Please attentively hear half the verse that came from His graceful mouth. The Lord said: "Standing before the temple, a smiling gopa boy with a lotus-face gazes at Me". The Lord said:

prasadagre nivasati purah smera-vaktraravindo mam alokya smita-suvadano bala-gopala-murtih

"Look! in front of the temple a smiling gopa boy gazes at Me." Again and again repeating this verse, Lord Caitanya became agitated. Even Lord Ananta Sesa with His many tongues cannot describe how Lord Caitanya bitterly wept on that day. The Lord would gaze at the temple`s cakra, recite this verse, and then fall to the ground. In this way He offered dandavat obeisances again and again. The whole time He traveled on the path He manifested pure ecstatic love in this way. Therefore I say He is spiritual love personified descended to this world. Only Lord Caitanya, and no one else, has the power to act as He did. Seeing Him, the pious people on the path said, "He must be Lord Naranyana Himself." Surrounding Him in the four directions, the devotees found their eyes flooded with tears of bliss. Everyone else took an hour and a half to travel that part of the road. vercome with ecstatic love, Lord Caitanya took nine hours to travel it. Coming to the town of Atharanala, Lord Caitanya stopped His ecstasy. Becoming peaceful, the Lord sat down with His companions and humbly said to them, "You have been good friends to Me. You brought Me to see Lord Jagannatha. Will you go ahead to see Him, or should I go ahead. You tell Me." Mukunda answered, "You go ahead," Saying, "Good", Lord Caitanya went ahead. His walking defeating the movements of wild lions, Lord Caitanya quickly entered the city of Jagannatha Puri. Anyone who hears of Lord Caitanya`s entrance into Jagannatha Puri will find himself floating in a stream of ecstatic love.

Lord Chatianya arrives in Puri.

By the Lord`s will, at that moment Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya had also eagerly come to see Lord Jagannatha. At that moment Lord Caitanya, who is the life of all the worlds, gazed at Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balarama, and Lady Subhadra. Gazing at Them, Lord Caitanya loudly roared. He yearned to embrace Them. Agitated with bliss, Lord Caitanya leapt again and again. Tears flowed in the four directions from His eyes. Within a moment He fell to the ground, fainting in ecstasy. Who understands the Lord`s fathomless nature? The foolish guards stood up to beat the Lord. In the commotion Sarvabhauma threw himself across the Lord`s back. In his heart saintly Sarvabhauma thought, "A mere human beeing never has power like that. His roaring and His flooding stream of tears show power beyond what is possible in the material world. I think this person may be Sri Krsna Caitanya." Fortunate Sarvabhauma thought in this way. Stopped by Sarvabhauma, the guards stood back, afraid. Simply by seeing Lord Jagannatha and His dear associates, Lord Caitanya fainted. Into what bliss was the king of Vaikuntha plunged? Even the Vedas
personified find it still difficult to know. In the forms of His catur-vyuha expansions it was Lord Caitanya Himself who happily sat on the altar. The same Lord had now become a worshiper, filled with devotion to the Lord. Who can understand the Lord`s power? Still, Lord Caitanya knows the truth about Himself. All this is exlained in the Vedas and in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. The Lord manifested these pastimes to deliver the conditioned souls. This the Vedas declare. Lord Caitanya has then plunged in the ecstasy a Vaisnava feels. He swam in an ocean of ecstatic love. External consciousness was far away. Sarvabhauma protected the Lord. He did not break the Lord`s ecstatic swoon. Finally Sarvabhauma thought in his heart, "I should bring the Lord to my home." Sarvabhauma said, " Guards! Brothers! Pick up this jewel of men.!" The servants who carry Lord Jagannatha during the Pandu-vijaya ceremony then
picked up Lord Caitanya and carried Him. Who can understand the Lord`s pastimes? In this way the Lord went to Sarvabhauma`s home. As the Lord was carried, jubilant shouts of "Hari! Hari!" filled the four directions.

The Lord`s associates arrive

At that moment the Lord`s associates arrived at the Simha-dvara gate. With joyful hearts they met the Lord. Filled with wonder, everyone gazed at the Lord. They all carried Him, passing Him from one to another, as a line of ants carries a grain of rice. In this way many persons carried the Lord. Everyone was filled with bliss. At the Simha-dvara gate the Lord`s associates bowed down before Him. They happily followed the Lord. In this way everyone carried the Lord to Sarvabhauma`s home. The Lord was carried in, but the doors were closed to everyone else. In this way the Lord`s associates met the Lord again. With a happy heart Sarvabhauma gazed at the Lord`s associates. He spoke properly and politely with them. They sat down. They broke apart all His doubts. Saintly Sarvabhauma became very happy. Who was more fortunate than Him? All the Vedas declare His glories. The Supreme Personality of Godhead spontaneously came to his home. Saintly Sarvabhauma gazed at Lord Nityananda and then humbly touched the dust of His feet. Going with some men Sarvabhauma gave them, the Lord`s associates went to see Lord Jagannatha. The men who were to show them Lord Jagannatha then folded their hands and appealed to the Lord`s associates, "Please be peaceful when you see Lord Jagannatha. Please don`t do what your master did before. We do not know what kind of persons you are. Please be peaceful when you see Lord Jagannatha. Only then will we take you to see Him. Only one of your group came before, and it is fortunate that somehow Lord Jagannatha is still on His throne. Why must we say anything more? You yourselves saw it. Is it possible that any other person could have fallen like that and kept the life within his body? The descriptions we heard were all beyond our
understanding. Therefore please be peaceful when you see Lord Jagannatha. This we beg you." Hearing this, the devotees smiled and said, "Don`t worry." Then they all went. Enetering the temple, the joyful devotees gazed at catur-vyuha Lord Jagannatha. Gazing at Lord Jagannatha, everyone wept. They offered dandavat obeisances, circumambulated, and recited prayers. The brahmana priest took garlands from the Lord`s neck and happily placed them around the devotees` necks. Accepting the Lord`s garlands, with happy hearts they quickly returned to Sarvabhauma`s home.