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  • Daitapati servitors enter Jagannath temple to perform rituals till Niladri Bije

    Daitapati servitors enter Jagannath temple to perform rituals till Niladri Bije

    Puri: Daitapati servitors enter Jagannath temple today to perform rituals from Debasnana Purnima, till Niladri Bije.

    The servitors will perform the Bahuta Kanta ritual today ahead of Snana Purnima preparation. For these rituals, darshan for the devotees will be suspended from 6 am to 2 pm on Saturday.

    Bahuta Kanta rituals are performed at the time of pahandi of the deities that takes place during Snana Jatra, Gundicha Jatra, Adapa Mandapa Bije Jatra and Niladri Bije.

    The Snana Jatra or Deba Snana Purnima, a ceremonial public bath ceremony of the three deities of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra is an important event in the run-up to the Rath Yatra or the Car Festival.

    The deities are bathed by 108 pitchers of water drawn from a well situated near the Sitala temple in the confines of the Jagannath temple.

  • CM Mamata Banerjee visits Jagannath Temple, terms of meeting scheduled with Patnaik courtesy call

    CM Mamata Banerjee visits Jagannath Temple, terms of meeting scheduled with Patnaik courtesy call

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is on a three-day visit to Odisha, on Wednesday visited Jagannath temple in Puri and offered prayers for the welfare of all.

    She offered prayers to Lord Jagannath, goddess Bimala, Mahalaxmi and other deities in the shrine.

    A flag offered by Banerjee was raise on the 214 foot high ‘Nilachakra’, on the top of the Jagannath temple while the existing flag was offered to the her, said a temple priest.

    She said she has prayed for the health and wellbeing of the people of West Bengal, Odisha and all.

    Banerjee is an ardent devotee of Lord Jagannath and had visited the Puri temple in 2017. During the 2021 West Bengal polls, a group of priests from the Puri temple had performed a yagna at her residence in Kolkata.

    Earlier in the day, she made a field visit to a proposed site identified by the Odisha government for construction of a guest house for accommodation of West Bengal tourists visiting Jagannath Dham.

    The site is at Sipasarubali near the site earmarked for the Puri international airport.

    “I have seen the land identified for the guest house. I liked the land. New airport is also coming here and a bridge will also be constructed here. So, it will be one of the best locations in Puri,” the Chief Minister told reporters.

    A large number of tourists from West Bengal are visiting Puri at least five times a year. Sometimes, like Rath Yatra and long holiday periods, they are unable to get proper accommodation here. So, it will help them, she said.

    Asked about the agenda behind her meeting with Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik, she said: “I have met Naveenji earlier too. During the Hockey World Cup, I was invited. At that time, I told the Minister that I will meet the CM whenever I visit Odisha.”

    “So, it is a courtesy meet and we will discuss developmental issues and about the proposed guesthouse,” she said.

    Odisha Chief Secretary P.K. Jena said: “The West Bengal CM had requested the Odisha government to provide land for construction of a Niwas for West Bengal devotees and tourists in Puri. We have identified a parcel of land for construction of Bhawans by different States. We have shown her the land.”

    The details about land to be allocated will be decided during the meeting between the two Chief Ministers on Thursday, he said.