Lord Jagannath is affectionately called “Nirakara,” i.e., having no shape. The deity of Lord Jagannath has a square flat head and does not have a neck, ears, or hands. The deities’ eyes are round and wide open and do not have eyelids, implicating that the Lord sees and knows everything and tirelessly looks after the welfare of his devotees. The round-eyed Lord is lovingly called “Chakadola” by His ardent devotees. The eyes represent the Sun and the Moon, the balance of the energies in the cosmos. He sees everything, hears everything and knows everything. Lord Jagannath, is also popularly known as Mahaprabhu. Many sacred scriptures of Sanatana Vaidika Dharma also refer to the Lord as Purushottama, which literally means, the Supreme Divine Being (Purusha means Divine Being; Uttama means Supreme). His open, outstretched arms (“Mahabahu”) welcome all into their embraceand protect those who surrender to him. The colours of Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Subhadra are black, white, and yellow, respectively. These are supposed to represent the three races of mankind, namely, Asians and Negroids, Europeans, and Mongoloids. They have also been interpreted to symbolize Gyan, Bhakti, and Karma respectively. Lord Jagannath is invoked and worshipped by devotees belonging to diverse religious faiths and traditions, each in their own way.

In most of the  temple, the Presiding Deity never leaves His throne or the Temple and that it is the Utsava-Vigraha or Chalanti-Pratima is taken out of the Temple in traditional procession during annual festivals. But the merciful Lord Jagannath, however, Himself created an exception to this. Being the Lord of all beings in the Universe, He desired to leave His Ratna-singhasana  and come out of the Temple, once every year, during the auspicious Rath yatra so that all beings , human and non-human, may have His Divine Darshan and receive His special blessings. Once again, on the occasion of Snana-poornima, commemorating the first Divine manifestation of the Lords in Daru Form, the Lords come out of the Temple and are enthroned on the Snana-vedi within the Temple precincts so that one and all, without any distinction, may have His special darshan. Similarly, during partaking Mahaprasada , the sacred offerings made to Lord Jagannath , are considered as sacred as the Lord Himself. People with no distinction of caste, creed, colour, religion or nationality share the  Mahaprasada .

The height of deities in Shri Jagnnath Temple ,Pondicherry ,is between 2 and  2.5 ft. The three deities have a dress regimen too, whereby their costumes are changed every night before they go to sleep. They are adorned in special silk clothes , Lord Jagannath is dressed in red on Sundays, white with black border on Mondays, blue on Wednesdays, yellow on Thursdays, white on Fridays, and black on Saturdays.