There is a belief that pulling the chariots of their God during the procession is a way of engaging in the pure devotion of the Lord and it also destroys the sins which might be committed either knowingly or unknowingly. Jagannath Rath Yatra is celebrated by millions of devotees that came from across the world to seeks the blessings of God's and fulfil their wishes.
The atmosphere at the time of Rath Yatra is so pure and beautiful. Devotees with the chariots keep singing songs, mantras with the sound of drum beatings. Do you know about 25 amazing facts about Mahabharata? Are you worried or stressed? Click here for Expert Advice. Comment 0. Post Comment. Disclaimer: Comments will be moderated by Jagranjosh editorial team.
Comments that are abusive, personal, incendiary or irrelevant will not be published. Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name, to avoid rejection. The deity of the Goddess Subhadra is 5 ft. The rath yatra history takes us back to the s. The holy event has its roots in San Francisco in , 9 July. The holy rath yatra festival happens every year in the summers of May-June. One of the 4 dhammas, the Jagannatha Puri temple is decorated with fresh flowers and welcomes millions and millions of devotees.
In the morning, the king of the temple sweeps and cleans the floor for the massive festival and sprinkles scented holy water around chariots. The wooden houses are mounted in the direction of rath yatra. The captains blow a long whistle to mark the beginning of the rath yatra. The chariots are progressed in the sequence of Balarama first, Subhadra second, and Jagannatha rath last. The roads from the Puri temple to the garden temple are made wide to make way for three chariots designed like a massive temple.
The priests bathe the deities of Lords in panchamrit and cool water and offer naivedyam and artris. The journey proceeds to Gundicha temple where artis are performed and Prasad is served to all devotees. The return of yatra or bahuda-yatra begins on the 9th day of the lunar fortnight.
On the journey to return, the Lord Jagannath rath halts at Pardhasani temple Mausa Ma temple , and the rice cake Poda pitha gets served to the Lord. After return, the spiritual deities will be available for public darshan. On the third day after rath yatra, the deities are decorated with kgs of gold ornaments and gold outfits.
It had been immersed in the legendary Dwarka sea after his cremation and had reappeared to the tribes people of the place as an idol. When Indrayumna tried to claim its possession, the idol disappeared. The repentant king sought absolution from Krishna by sanctifying him in another form.
Another speaks of how Krishna's grief-stuck siblings - his elder brother Balabhadra and younger sister Subhadra- rushed into the Dwarka sea carrying his half-cremated body. At the same moment, King Indrayumna dreamed that Krishna's body had floated back up on his shores as a log. The two legends merge here: Indrayumna decided to build a temple to house the log. His next task was to find someone to craft the idols from it. Legends say that Vishwakarma, God's own architect, arrived as an old carpenter.
He agreed to carve the idols, but on the condition that he was not to be disturbed. However, when he did not emerge from his workshop for weeks, going without food, water or rest, a worried and impatient King threw the door open. At the time the images were only half-finished, but the carpenter disappeared.
Still, believing the idols to be made from the very body of God, the King sanctified them and and placed them in the temple. When the deities disintegrate, they are remade in the same half-done image with new wood every 12 years. Her ratha rope is formed by Swarnachuda. Preparations for the Ratha Yatra start early, with the making of new chariots every year, the construction of which starts from the auspicious day of the Akshay Tritiya. The charioteers, horses, temple kalasas, and parsha devatas are however made only at the time of the Navakalebara new deity making ritual.
On Sri Gundicha day after the Ratha Pratistha puja is done by the Deul Purohit the procession starts from the Jagananth temple sanctum to the rathas, a ritual known as Pahandi. First Sudarsana is taken to the ratha of Subhadra, followed by Balabhadra in a procession. Next Subhadra is taken to her ratha, and finally at the end Jagannath is taken to his ratha by the Daitapatis and other sevakas.
In this ritual the king is attired like that of a sweeper and he performs the duty of sweeping chhera and cleaning pahamra all around the rathas, using a gold handled broom while sprinkling sandalwood powder and water. This association of the Odishan kings with the Jagannath deva became close-knit after king Anangabhima III made Sri Jagannatha as the state deity of Odisha in CE, and the kings became representative rulers mudarasta under the supreme over-lordship of the deity.
Chhera Pahamra is held twice, on start of the Ratha Yatra, and again on the last day of the yatra, when the deities are brought back to the Jagannath Mandir.
After Chhera Pahamra the rathas start their journey and are pulled by numerous devotees to the Gundicha Temple, which is located at around 3 km away, and the deities stay in this temple for nine days. On the last day the deities are taken back in their respective rathas to Jagannath Mandir in bahuda Jatra ulta ratha yatra. On the way back, the three chariots stop at the Mausi Maa Temple where they are offered Poda Pitha as bhog. In the Katha Upanishad ratha is a symbolical representation of a body, and the yatra is the path undertaken in every birth.
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