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Christianity And Jagannatha
Christianity is one of the most popular and wide spread religions, which has attracted the attention not only of mere believers but of scholars as well. Certain elements of Christianity have inspired philosophical, anthropological, literary and linguistic inquiries down the ages including elaborate comparisons with other religions. Though scholars have often compared Christianity with Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism and other important religions no systematic comparison has ever been undertaken between Christianity and the Cult of Jagannatha which is one of the most important sections of the Hindu religion. If ever any comparison between Christianity and the Cult of Jagannatha has been done in the past, it has not achieved its purpose. In

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