Lord Jagganath
At the end of Dwapar Yuga, Krishna realised that his end was near. He went to a forest and started meditating. When a huntersaw
Krishna 's foot from behind some bushes, he thought that it was a deer
and shot a poisonous arrow at it. Krishna died and was cremated.
Vishnu appeared in the dream of King Indradyumna and asked him to build a temple for Krishna's ashes. When he woke up, Indradyumna requested the divine artisan Vishvakarma to create an idol for the temple. Vishvakarma agreed on the condition
that while he made the idol no one should disturb him. He locked
himself up in a room and started work. After many days, when Vishvakarma
did not come out, Indradyumna got impatient and broke down the door.
Vishvakarma got angry and disappeared leaving the half finished idol of
Jagganath behind him. Indradyumna had a beautiful temple built in Puri
where the incomplete idol was placed.
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