On 4th February 2023, the Utkala Ghana Association, completed the inauguration rituals of the newly constructed Shree Jagannath Mandir in Accra. The temple is a replica of the Sri Mandira in Puri (Odisha) which is the one the Char-dhams temples. Murthies of Jagannath and the other deities were installed by a team of pujaris who travelled from Puri. The West African nation of Ghana is notable for its large population of Indigenous Ghanaian Hindus who embraced the Dharma under the influence of the late Swami Ghanananda (also an indigenous Ghanaian). The founding of the Jagannath temple however was spearheaded by Bharatiya Hindus originating from the eastern state of Odisha, which renders this a notable milestone for Diaspora Hinduism.
Hindu temples built in traditional style are no longer a rare feature outside India. Most such temples are built in the architectural style of Rajasthan-Gujarat or Southern Bharat, reflecting the large population of Hindus from Gujarat, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu and Telugu States The temple in Accra is one of few diaspora temples built in the Kalinga style that is native to Odisha. Though Odiyas are one of the smaller communities in the contemporary Hindu diaspora, traders and sailors from Odisha played a critical role in the expansion of Hinduism into SouthEast Asia from the 3rd century CE and influenced the development of Hindu temples countries such as Cambodia.