Synopsis The Madalapanji or the palm leaf chronicles are the historical diaries of the Jagannath Temple of Puri. They describe the historical events of Orissa related to Lord Jagannath. Though the actual date of starting of the Madalapanji is not known, it is believed that it might be started from" the 13th or 14th Century AD. The work is a classic and literary master piece of the first order, parallel to which very few vernacular works of India. It can be compared with Rajvansham of Sri Lanka, Rajtarangini of Kashmir or Burunji of Assam. While writing Orissan history, historians like Sir W.W. Hunter and Andrew Stirling considered the facts related in Madalapanji as base. The Madalapanji was traditionally written on a year-by-year basis.