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Puri is one of the popular holiest places in the state of Orissa. The city of Puri usually revolves around the fabulous Jagannath Temple where devotees from all round the globe pay a visit. The rich history of Puri reminds one of the glorious past of India. Complete information about the history of Puri gives one a clear picture about the birth of the fabulous city and its rise as a major tourist attraction spot of India. The history of Puri is very old. According to the popular Cunningham the ancient name of the city of Puri was Charitra The importance of the town of Orissa as a seat of Vaisnavism gained popularity when Chodaganga Deva built the temple of Purusottama Jagannath and when he installed the idols of the deities. Thereafter, it soon become as the well known dwelling of Purusottama and was commonly known as Purusottama Kshetra.
The Purusottama Kshetra was known for sometime as the Purusottama Puri Purusottama Puri was later on expressed in the contracted from Puri. In the pre independence British record this popular town is also known as Pooree. Nowadays, the name Puri has become much popular than all the other names of this fabulous town. In the period ranging from 1592 to 1751 when Orissa was under the control of the Mughal rule, the state was divided into three popular circar for the purpose of revenue collection. The popular circar includes Jaleswar, Bhadrak, and Kataka, Puri was a part of the Kataka circar If we look at the Puri history we will come to know that till 1816 Puri was the celebrated capital of the province of Orissa and the headquarters of the Collector. In the year 1814 on the month of August a part of the Collector's establishment was removed to Cuttack but it was again brought back to Puri in the month of December. But later on, in the 1816 the headquarters was shifted from Puri to Cuttack. The history of Puri is very rich. The city has become one of popular pilgrimage spot of India. It is located at a distance of 60 kilometers from the fabulous city of Bhubaneshwar.
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