Deified in His Own Lifetime

The words and names Orissa, Jagga­natha and Chaitanya are synonymous. Prabhat Mukherjee says in the Preface of his book, ‘Chitanya’s influence on the religious history of Orissa was profound. Chaitanya is probably the only Hindu saint who was deified during his lifetime. The belief in his divinity was caused by his extraordinarily fair complexion and out­standing religious personality.’