Jagannatha, Balabhadra and Subhadra

"Jagannatha is worshipped particualry at Puri in Orissa. According to Legend, Krishna was killed by a hunter. His bones were found and vishnu directed a king, Indrayumna, to make an image of Jagannatha and place the bones inside it. The carpenter of the gods, Viswakarma, agreed to make the image is he was left undisturbed. On being interrupted by Indrayumna, Viswakarma lost his temper and refused to finish the image. This is said to explain the crude form taken by the Jagannatha image at Puri, where the body resembles a wooden stump with a large blunt head. In appearance, the three often conform to the simplified images in teh temple, but at times are shown more realistically with developed bodies, hands and feet". (Archer, 1971, p100)