Puri

Appendix:Variations of "puri" English Etymology en or ପୁରୀ, from en sa पुरी, sa पुर् stronghold, fortress, ultimately from en ine-pro *tpelH- *(t)pĺ̥H city, fortress, stronghold. Compare to en polis a Greek city-state. en puri polis. Proper noun en Punjabi en Q207799en holy city s/Odisha c/India (the capital of Kalinga, noted for the adoration of Jagannath or Krishna) (IW, 244 n. 1). en 1925 B. C. Mazumdar Orissa In The Making https://archive.org/details/orissa-in-the-making/OrissaInTheMaking/page/n114/mode/1up University of Calcutta 98-99 As to the local rulers of Eastern Orissa this Chinese traveller does not give us vmj definite information; we only learn that the district of Puri which then obtained the name Kongada was under Brahminic influence and the rest of the eastern tract in the north, then designated as Ucha or Ukkala, was being governed by some rulers who had their seat somewhere in that part of the district of Midnapore which was once a part of Utkala. en 1960 Mayadhar Mansinha History of Oriya Literature https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.13018/page/92/mode/1up Sahitya Akademi 92 A seat in the car of Jagannatha during the Car Festival at Puri is a great privilege to the devout and implies great social prestige also, as the Gajapati monarchs of Orissa used to ride in it. Their descendants do so today. en 1964 Nabin Kumar Sahu Utkal University History Of Orissa https://archive.org/details/utkaluniversityh0000nksa/page/n12/mode/1up The Utkal University 1 3 Looking back through centuries to the process of history, one observes the amazing phenomenon that although only the tiny area of present districts of Balasore, Cuttack and Puri have all along remained together without any [...] formation of the State of Orissa. en 1994 O. M. Starza The Jagannatha Temple at Puri: Its Architecture, Art, and Cult 9789004096738 https://books.google.co.in/books?id=v4bV3beb0n8C&pg=PA5&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false Brill 5 Thirdly, the sacred formula in the epic which identifies the vedi with Agni in the company of the Heavenly Waters and the Vedic Visnu—the one who supports the universe, of which he is the navel of order and the seed which unites heaven with earth—appears to relate to Puri. en Debabrata Mohapatra PURI: BEYOND TEMPLES AND BEACHES The Times of India 28-1-2025 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/puri-beyond-temples-and-beaches/articleshow/122119446.cms The game-changing factor in this transformation has been the development of the expansive marine drive road connecting Sipasarubali beach to Harekrushnapur on the outskirts of Puri. https://web.archive.org/web/20250723112153/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/puri-beyond-temples-and-beaches/articleshow/122119446.cms 23 July 2025 en district s/Odisha c/India, in which the holy city is based. Translations city Bengali: bn পুরী Hindi: hi पुरी Odia: or ପୁରୀ Tamil: ta பூரி, ta புரி Telugu: te పూరీ Urdu: ur پُرِی Anagrams en ipru Piru rupi