In 1977 Srila Prabhupada instructed Srila Gaura Govinda Swami Maharaja to install Sri Vigrahas of Sri Sri Krishna Balarama and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, shaped of metal and to be made in Orissa. Unlike in Sri Vrindavana, instead of Sri Vigrahas of Sri Sri Radha Krishna, Srila Prabhupada wanted Sri Vigrahas of Sri Sri Jagannatha Baladeva and Subhadra Devi in Their own land of Orissa. But Srila Prabhupada noted that no Sri Vigrahas of Sri Sri Jagannatha Baladeva and Subhadra Devi needed to be carved or ordered.

Srila Prabhupada predicted that Jagannatha would come himself. In 1991, with the Sri Vigrahas of Sri Sri Krishna Balarama and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai ready and present, and the inauguration of the temple and installation of the Deities soon to come the proposed altar of Sri Sri Jagannatha Baladeva and Subhadra Devi was still empty. A few days before the inauguration and installation Sri Sri Jagannatha Baladeva and Subhadra Devi came, in a vehicle driving on the property. They were being worshipped by a wealthy Vaisnava in Bhubaneswar. Jagannatha came in the dream of the head of the family telling him to hand Him over to the sadhu staying in the ISKCON property at Bhubaneswar. Thus Jagannatha came just in time for his installation fulfilling the prediction of Srila Prabhupada.