The district administration made an elaborate security arrangement for the smooth conduct of the grand ritual. After the grand bath, they were decked up in Hati Besha.

The deities took a bath with a total of 108 pots of water brought from a golden well located in the shreemandir premises.

The rituals were delayed by one hour, said Pandit Suryanarayan Rathsharma. While the deities were taking a bath, a drop of blood fell on the floor as a servitor's food was cut due to some reason. The bathing ritual started after Lord Madan Mohan, the movable idol of Lord Jagannath, was brought and seated near Lord Jagannath at 12. They were then seated on the Snana Mandap located in the Ananda Bazaar area. Read More: Devotee dies after offering prayers to trinity during Snana Purnima in Puri Chakraraj Sudarshan, Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath were brought in order amid the beating of cymbals and chanting of Mantras. Now the deities are giving Darshan to the devotees in Hati Besha,' said an SJTA official.Įarlier in the day, the deities were brought in Dhadi Pahandi from the Ratnabedi (Sanctum Sanctorum) to the Snana Mandap for the holy grand bath on the occasion of Jyestha Purnima today. 'Mahasnan was conducted after a drop of blood spilled on the floor from a servitor's foot. They took the Besha in the evening as the rituals were delayed by one hour due to Mahasnan which was inevitable after a drop of blood from a servitor's wound spilled near the Snan Mandap.

The Shreemandir deities were decked up in Hati Besha (Elephant attire), also known as Gajanan Besha (Ganesh form) after taking a grand bath on the Snan Purnima day today.

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