Puri's Shri Loknath Temple: 1 Lakh Shivling Darshan on Vijaya Ekadashi

• Shri Loknath Temple in Puri opens once a year on Vijaya Ekadashi for devotees.
• Devotees throng the ancient temple for the Pankoddhara ritual, believed to reveal Lord Shiva's complete form.
• Darshan on this day is said to grant the merit of seeing 1 lakh Shivlings and offers self-purification.
• The temple is unique globally for celebrating this festival before Mahashivratri, marking the first darshan of Lord Shiva.
• Shri Loknath Temple, Odisha's most ancient, features a Shivling always submerged in water, believed to be established by Lord Ram.