The Jagannath Temple

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In a collaboration with our friends at Science Diction, we explore the Indian temple complex that gave rise to the word "juggernaut," which means an unstoppable force. But the real story behind it is far more complicated. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/jagannath-temple

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, it's Dylan.
0:02.8	On today's episode, we are going to be exploring the story of a place, which is pretty much
0:08.4	what we do on every episode.
0:10.1	But today, we're also talking about how this place is connected to a word.
0:16.3	And joining me in collaboration on this story is Johanna Mayer, who's going to help tell
0:22.0	this story.
0:23.0	Hi, Johanna.
0:24.0	Hi, Dylan.
0:25.0	So our listeners may know you as a producer here on Atlas Obscura, but you also may
0:29.9	make another incredible show called Science Diction from the Public Radio Show Science
0:35.6	Friday, right?
0:36.6	Yes.
0:37.6	So Science Diction is a show about language and a little bit of science and some history
0:42.4	in there.
0:43.5	And the deal is that every episode, we look at one particular word or phrase and tell
0:49.8	you a little bit of the story behind it.
0:52.3	So in this episode today, we're going to join forces and look at a temple in India, which
0:59.4	gave us a word that we use all the time.
1:02.6	Yeah.
1:03.6	And there is quite a story behind this one word and this one place.
1:08.6	So let's begin.
1:11.0	Captain Crunch, front of the TV, 8 a.m. or whatever time.
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