By Our Correspondent
ANGUL/BHUBANESWAR: Thousands of devotees from Jindal Nagar and its periphery villages gathered together at the Lord Jagannath Temple located at Devbhoomi in JSP Township in Angul in Odisha, to witness the ‘Debasnana Festival’ of Shree Chaturdhamurti Lord Balabhadra , Lord Susarshan , Devi Subhadra & Mahaprabhu Jagannatha .
The Prime Servitors of the temple and Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Mr Naveen Jindal joined the Snana Purnima’s Vedic rituals with his spouse Smt Shallu Jindal and performed the Samarjani Shodhan, Chhera Prastuti & Chhera pahanra neeti .
The Deities enshrined on the Snana Mandap were bathed with 108 pots of holy aromatic herbal water. Observing the Debasanana Purnima in line with the Puri Temple rituals, the auspicious day started at early in the morning at 6am and the priests performed Drara Phita, Mangal Aarati, Mangalarpana, Puspanjali, Dori Bije, etc. followed with Dhadi Pahandi of Sri. Chaturdha Murati from the main temple to Snana Mandap where Mangal Aarati, Tadap Lagi, Abakas, Srimukha Pocha and other rituals were performed as per the guidance of the Chief-Priest.
After the Snana Yatra rituals, after the holy bath, now the deities are traditionally believed to fall ill and for which they will be resting in Anabasara Ghara for next 14 days to recover.Now, devotees can get a glimpse of Lord Jagannath, Balabadhra and Devi Subdhara and Deva Sudarshana only on 19th of this month when the 3 idols will be giving Darshan with their ‘Naba Yauvan Besa’ which is also known as the Holy Sight of Juvenile Youth of Lord Jagannath.
This year, the residents of Jindal Nagar and the villagers from the periphery are very much excited to celebrate the 2nd Car Festival (Rath Yatra) of Devbhoomi at Angul Jindal Nagar . The management of Jindal Steel and Power as well as its social arm JSP Foundation is expecting a huge gathering of devotees to pull the holy chariots of Lord Jagannath, Balabadhra and Devi Subdhara from Jagannath Temple to Sri Gundicha Temple and return on Bahuda Jatra.
