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II ଜୟ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ II

1. Debasnana Purnima is one of the biggest festivals in the culture of Odisha for the year : Ratha Yatra Significance

2. Snana Mandap measures 75 feet in length and is at such a height that devotees standing outside the temple can get a clear view of the deities. The Snana Mandap

3. Then 108 pots of water are made intensely fragrant with the addition of sandalwood paste , camphor , saffron and areca nut (gua) The Fragrant Water of 108 Pots

4. After the  Dhaadi Pahandi  (seating the idols one after the other) of the deities, “ perspiration ” is wiped off the idols faces with camphor water. At the Place of the Deities

5. Then after that, the deities are adorned in elephant attires as a part of Hati Besha .

6. Snana Purnima   is the only time of the year when people, irrespective of their religion can get a glimpse of the holy trinity.

7. The illness After Deba Snana , the deities return to Anabasara Pindi where they convalesce on falling sick and are unavailable for  darshan to the devotees for the next 15 days.

8. The Treatment The illness of the deities is tended to with the   Anasara Pana   (a concoction made from forest products) whipped up by Daitapatis . 

9. The New Look Due to the washing out of Colors after bathing, they are again painted and dressed on the 16th day and be ready for the Grand – Ratha Yatra