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National Highway- 37, Assam, India  North Karbianglong Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam Kaziranga National Park, Assam

The Jagannath Temple in Dibrugarh in all ways translocates the essence of the extravagant Vaishnava temple dedicated to Lord  Jagannath  in Puri, Odisha. Built as a replica of the temple in Puri, the Temple constructed at the Khanikar area in Dibrugarh is touted to be the second largest after Puri in terms of its magnitude and size. Apparently the person most instrumental to the coming up of the temple was the former governor of Assam Janaki Ballav Pattnaik under the aegis of whom the initial lot of papers saw the light of the day. The sanctum sanctorum is surrounded by walls approximately 3 meters in height on four sides with two gated openings. The east-facing main gate – Singhadwara – lays open the arms for the visitors greeted by the stone structures of two magnificent lions. Sprawling over more than five bighas of land (approx) donated by the Bokpara Tea Estate the structure floats in the ocean of lush green tea plantations spread till oblivion. T...