Monday, January 3, 2011

What actually is a Juggernaut?


The word means: "A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way"
Interestingly, this common noun is derived from the god Jagannatha (जगन्नाथ) - Lord of the world (जग के नाथ) - and is being used all over the world!
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Aj Rocker said...

The word is derived from the huge Rath Yatra for Lord Jagannath in Puri which is pulled by a lot of people and is quite unstoppable in that it doesn't stop till it reaches it destination no matter what...

http://hinduism.about.com/od/rathyatra/a/rathyatra.htm

January 4, 2011 at 11:51 AM

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