Puri: Fresh from their recuperation after a special cure, the holy trinity of Lord Jagannath temple will emerge for the first time after a fortnight on occasion of ‘Nabajouban’ ritual. Lakhs of devotees are likely to throng the shrine to get first glimpse of the lords today.
Dasmohapatra servitors adorned the deities late into the night on Friday and completed the ‘Banakalagi’ ritual which is the preparation before the special darshan today.
All the rituals have been restored in the temple after a gap of 15 days while the lords were out with a fever after the ‘Grand Bath’ on Snana Purnima. 'Chaka Apasar' ritual is scheduled to begin at 6 am in the morning followed by ‘Mangal Alati’, ‘Abakash Niti’ and then the three deities would be seated on their throne in the sanctum with their Nabajouban Darshan ritual to begin from 10 am and continue till 10 pm in the night.
On the other hand at Ratha Khala, the chariot making is in its last stages. After the completion of ‘Agyan Mala’ ritual or the divine permission all the three chariots would be moved from Ratha Khala to Singha Dwara where they would be ready to be pulled tomorrow on Gundicha Yatra, the first day of Rath Yatra. Lord Jagannath and his siblings would embark on a nine-day sojourn to Mausi Maa temple.
Amid all this the temple administration is making final arrangements and security has been skyrocketed in the pilgrim town.
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