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Jagannath Puri Temple
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A grand celebration of the auspicious bathing ritual (Snan Jatra) of Lord Shri Jagannath was organized in Puri, Odisha on Saturday. Lakhs of devotees from all over the country and abroad came to witness this religious ceremony organized on the holy occasion of Dev Sanan Purnima. This festival also has religious significance as it is believed that Lord Shri Jagannath was born on this day.
At the beginning of the ceremony, Lord Jagannath along with Brother Balabhadra, Sister Devi Subhadra and Chakraraja Sudarshan were brought from the sanctum sanctorum of the temple to the ‘Snan Mandap’ where they were all anointed with holy water from 108 pots. During this, Lord Shri Jagannath is anointed with water from 35 pots, while Lord Balabhadra is anointed with 33 pots, Goddess Subhadra with 22 and Chakraj Sudarshan with 18 pots. Earlier, perfumes with herbal fragrance were added to the water. This ceremony marks the beginning of the annual Rath Yatra festival.
Pandit Suryanarayan Rathsharma, a scholar of Jagannath culture, said that Gajapati Maharaj (King Divyasingha Dev of Puri) performed the ‘Chhera Panhara’ (broom) ceremony at the ‘Snan Mandap’ immediately after the bathing ceremony. After that, the deities were dressed in ‘Hathi Besa’. This special dress was prepared by the artisans of Raghaba Das Math and Gopal Tirtha Math.
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