puri

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.

   “No. 17 PURI. Take Flour, ½ ser (1lb.)”

2. In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class.

name

1. A holy city in Odisha, India.

   “As to the local rulers of Eastern Orissa this Chinese traveller does not give us vmj definite information; we only learn that the district of Puri which then obtained the name Kongada was under Brahminic influence and the rest of the eastern tract in the north, then designated as Ucha or Ukkala, was being governed by some rulers who had their seat somewhere in that part of the district of Midnapore which was once a part of Utkala.”

   “A seat in the car of Jagannatha during the Car Festival at Puri is a great privilege to the devout and implies great social prestige also as the Gajapati monarchs of Orissa used to ride in it. Their descendants do so today.”

   “Looking back through centuries to the process of history, one observes the amazing phenomenon that although only the tiny area of present districts of Balasore, Cuttack and Puri have all along remained together without any [...] formation of the State of Orissa.”

   “Thirdly, the sacred formula in the epic which identifies the vedi with Agni in the company of the Heavenly Waters and the Vedic Visnu—the one who supports the universe, of which he is the navel of order and the seed which unites heaven with earth—appears to relate to Puri.”

   “The game-changing factor in this transformation has been the development of the expansive marine drive road connecting Sipasarubali beach to Harekrushnapur on the outskirts of Puri.”

2. A district of Odisha, India, in which the holy city is based.