Puri Jagannath Temple Murtis - Anthropological Representation of Four Major Human Races of the World

Vedic Science Research Center of Berhampur in Orissa has come up with a theory that the four important deities – Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Sudarshan Chakra – worshiped in the Puri Jagannath temple are anthropological representation of four major human races of the world.

The Hindu reports

Senior life science scientist Sachidananda Padhi, who is attached with this organisation and researches on ancient scientific studies in India, said the four deities worshipped in the Sri Jagannath temple in Puri do not have resemblance with any idols worshipped in any other temple in the country. These deities do not have resemblance with any god of Indian mythology. “They are nothing but metaphorical representation of four major human races in the world,” Mr. Padhi said. 

According to him Prof. Padhi, the four major human races are Negroids, Caucasoids, Mangoloids and Australoids. “The unique colorations of deities of Puri represent these human races,” Prof. Padhi said.

According to him the most ancient human race was that of Negroids. Negroids were the first developed human beings, and like Negroids, the main deity of Puri, Sri Jagannath is black in colour with a non-visible broad nose and prominent lip.

The Caucasoids are represented by the deity Balabhadra who is white in colour with a well demarcated nose. The Caucasoids are also fair in complexion and have a well formed nose.

Devi Subhadra worshipped in Puri is yellow in colour which according to Prof. Padhi represents the Mangoloids.

According to him the deity Sudarsan worshipped in Puri is nothing but metaphoric representation of Australoids.