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TIL. "The English loanword juggernaut in the sense of "a huge wagon bearing an image of a Hindu god" is from the 17th century, inspired by the Jagannatha Templ
by AareyBaba 8y ago
TIL.
"The English loanword juggernaut in the sense of "a huge wagon bearing an image of a Hindu god" is from the 17th century, inspired by the Jagannatha Temple in Puri, Odisha"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggernaut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggernaut
- snigdha 8y agoHa - yes. Also have you seen this 1865 news article from the New York Times about The Tenth Avenue Juggernaut? https://www.nytimes.com/1865/03/26/archives/the-tenthavenue-juggernaut.html https://www.nytimes.com/1865/03/26/archives/the-tenthavenue-...