Shri Alarnath Temple at Brahmagiri is located on the left side of the road leading from Puri to Satapada in Brahmagiri town, situated 20 km from Puri town. The temple has a rekha vimana, pidha jagamohana, and natamandapa. The present temple was constructed over the ruined temple of the 13th century A.D., of which only the pista and pabhaga moldings of the vimana and up to the jangha portion of the jagamohana remain. It is a protected monument under the Orissa State Archaeology and the Endowment Department, Government of Orissa. Shri Chaitanya visited this temple during his stay at Puri in the early part of the 16th century A.D. Festivals like Anavasara Yatra, Snana Ekadasi, and Bada Ekadasi are celebrated on the temple premises. Ceremonies such as marriages, thread ceremonies, and engagements are also observed here.
Lord Alarnath temple in Brahmagiri, around 25 km from Puri, famous religious place for all Krishna devotees.
With the public darshan of the Lord Jagannath in the main temple at Puri remaining close for a fortnight for Anavasara, lakhs of devotees throng to the Alarnath temple at Brahmagiri, 22 km from here daily to have darshan of the Lord and to taste the famous ”kheer” bhog.
Anavasara is the two weeks period when Lord Jagannatha take rest in isolation from the rest of the world after suffering from fever due to the annual bathing festival (Snana Yatra).
