Rituals of Lord Jagannath Puri:Dev Snana Purnima
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| Deba Snana Purnima |
Jyeshtha Purnima, Tuesday,14june2022
Birthday Of Lord Jagannath Puri, Odisha
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| Lord Jagannath at Snana Bedi |
The Snana Jatra or Deba Snana Purnima, is a ritual of Lord Jagannath Puri in this day there is a ceremonial bath of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra, Believed that this snana Purnima is the birthday of lord Jagannath.
What is Dev Snana Purnima of Lord Jagannath?
According to the Skanda Purana, Raja Indradyumna, who installed the wooden Deities, introduced the idea of giving Them a bath.
The deities are bathed with 108 gold pitchers of water drawn from a well situated near the Sitala temple in the confines of the Jagannatha temple
There is a view that like all other major festivals in Odisha, Snana Jatra has direct links with agrarian calendar of the state and that the ritual bath signifies the onset of monsoon.
After the bath, the deities are dressed up in the Gajanana (elephant) or Ganesha Besha and their daily food offering or Bhogalagi is made on the Snana Mandap, in full public view.
What is Ganesh Besha?
This is a special dress up of lord Jagannath,Balabhadra and subhadra in the Ganesh (elephant 🐘) Besha.Popularly known as Haati Besha.Belief that a ganapati (Ganesh) devotee named Ganapati Bhattta want to see lord Jagannath in Ganapati (Ganesh)form to fulfill his wish lord Jagannath dressed up in Gajanan Besha.
What happened after Dev snana (bath)?
After the Snana Jatra, the three deities are kept away from public view for 15 days and this temporary disappearance is called the ‘Anasara’ period. The popular belief is that after the ritualistic bath, the deities develop fever and therefore do not return to the sanctum sanctorum.
However, it is during this period that the ‘washed’ wooden deities get a fresh coat of colour before they appear in public in their new-look ‘Naba Joubana Besha’, a day before they set out on their chariots to the Gundicha temple.
What is Anasara Period?
This is the period of 15days in which the deities temporarily disappear from public view and take rest believed that after doing 🚿 bath in 108 pitchers Lord Jagannath suffered fever.In this period There is a ritual of maulam lagi(Medical treatment).Then The Lord Jagannath and his siblings get well.After that they dressed up in a new look known as Naba jauban Besha.
Status of Snana Purnima This year
For the very first time, devotees will be allowed to have darshan of Lord Jagannath and His siblings for three hours at the Snana Mandap of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri on the occasion of Snana Jatra on June 14, 2022.
After Hati Besha ritual of the deities, they will be allowed for the darshan at Snana Mandap. However, the devotees will not be allowed to touch the idols of the deities.
Pahandi of the deities will start from 4 am and end by 6 am. The Jala Bije ritual will be held between 9.30 am and 11.30 am. The Chera Pahara ritual is scheduled to take place at 12.15 pm while the Hati Besha ritual will be held between 12.30 pm and 2.30 pm.
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