Tag: Snana Yatra

According to a belief, the deities are dressed as Lord Ganesha to satisfy the followers of the Ganapatya sect.

Like us, Lord Jagannath also brushes teeth, consumes food, retires for the day after dinner, and also suffers from a fever. 

Marking the beginning of the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Balabhadra, Lord Jagannath, and Devi Subhadra, the Snana Purnima rituals started in Puri amidst

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Watch Snana Yatra Of Sibling Deities In Puri

Every year on the occasion of Jyestha Purnima, sibling deities (Lord Balabhadra, Mahaprabhu Jagannath & Devi Subhadra) and Chakradhar Sudarsan, take a ceremonial bath with 108 pitchers of sacred water. After this holy bathing or Snana Yatra rituals, deities are decked up in Gajanana Besha. The Snana Yatra culminates after the Lords are taken to the 'Anasara Ghara' on Pahandi.

After a hiatus of two years due to the upsurge of Covid-19, devotees in large numbers have thronged the holy town to have a glimpse of the deities on ‘Snana Bedi’.

The devotees can have darshan of the deities on the Snana Bedi for almost three hours. However, the devotees will not be allowed to touch the deities.

Scriptures say this is the day when Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra were born.

After reaching Srimandir, the three chariots have been parked outside Singhadwara for rituals over next three days. Homecoming for Holy Trinity: Chariot pulling comes to an end. Lord Jagannath on his Nandighosa chariot reaches Singhadwara; joins elder brother Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra. Homecoming for Holy Trinity: Lord Jagannath on his Nandighosa chariot reaches Singhadwara; joins […]

Amid the look of a sea of devotees in Puri Srimandir, the divine bath of Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath concludes on the Snana Mandap in Srimandir. The occasion – Snana Purnima – marks the beginning of the annual sojourn of the deities to the Mausima Temple.    

Puri: Amid the look of a sea of devotees in Puri Srimandir, Snana Yatra, the divine bath of Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath on the Snana Mandap concluded after the deities were taken inside the temple in Pahandi following the Gajanana Besha rituals here today. Early in the morning, the temple servitors escorted […]

Puri: Darshan for devotees will be restricted for few hours at the Puri Srimandir today in view of secret ritual of ‘Senapatta’ ahead of the holy Snana Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his sibling deities tomorrow. As per sources, the Daitapatis who took charge of the deities from regular priests will adorn ‘Senapatta’ a body […]

Puri: With the annual Puri Rath Yatra less than a month away, Odisha Police has begun its preliminary preparations of augmenting resources before coming out with a comprehensive security action plan for the mega event. DGP RP Sharma today reviewed the preparations and security arrangements that need to be finalized for the entire Rath Yatra […]

By Sib Kumar Das There is no respite from summer heat. Monsoons are round the corner. Mahaprabhu Sri Jagannath has also ventured out to Snanavedi. ‘Snana Yatra’, the bathing festival of the Lord is observed every year in Sri Mandir on the day of Purnima of Hindu month of Jyestha. There is a huge difference […]