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JuggernautA name for Vishnu, the Hindu god, meaning ‘Lord of the World’. His temple is in Puri, Orissa, India. A statue of the god, dating from about 318, is annually carried in procession on a large vehicle (hence the word ‘juggernaut’). Devotees formerly threw themselves beneath its wheels. |
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