What to eat in Puri (Jagannath Temple & Beach)

Mahaprasad (Puri)

Cooked in the temple's Rosaghara kitchen in earthen pots stacked on wood fires — one of the largest temple kitchens in the world, feeding tens of thousands daily.

Mahaprasad (Ananda Bazaar)

Temple food cooked in earthen pots

Jagannath Temple

Santula)

Odia vegetarian meals

Odia Thali (Dalma

Odia vegetarian meals

Chhena Poda

A baked cottage-cheese dessert said to have originated in Puri's temple-town bakeries — caramelised on the outside, soft within.

Rasabali

Odisha's signature sweets

Puri Khaja

Layered, flaky fried sweet sold by the temple-lane vendors, dunked in sugar syrup.

chaat

Beach stalls

Puri beach

Puri beach seafood

Beach stalls

Puri beach

Gupchup (golgappa)

Odia street snack