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by AareyBaba 2661 days 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

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Ha - 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-...