daru
दारु daruSacred wood, especially the neem from which the images of Jagannath are carved; the deity is called Daru Brahma.
Where this term appears
- Jagannath Puri and the Ratha Yatra Temples
They are carved from wood, and the deity is called Daru Brahma , the absolute present in the daru , the sacred timber.
- The Twelve Jyotirlingas Temples
And Jageshwar in Almora, Uttarakhand, argues that daru means the deodar, devadaru , the cedar forests of the Himalaya, which would put the shrine in the mountains.