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Mahaprasad (Odia: ମହାପ୍ରସାଦ) is the term for the 56 food items offered to the Hindu god Jagannath in Jagannath Temple, Puri, in Odisha, India. Clay pots used in Jagannatha's rituals Daily food offerings
The chariot for Jagannath is approximately 14 metres (45 ft) high and 11 metres (35 ft) wide, and takes about 2 months to construct. [72] The artists and painters of Puri decorate the cars and paint flower petals and other designs on the wheels, the wood-carved charioteer and horses, and the inverted lotuses on the wall behind the throne. [73]
Suna Vesha or Golden Attire of Lord Jagannath. Ratha Yatra is most significant of all festivals of Jagannath. The Jagannath triad are usually worshiped in the sanctum of the temple, but once during the month of Asadha (Rainy Season of Odisha, usually falling in month of June or July), they are brought out onto the Bada Danda (The main high street of Puri) and travel (3 km) to the Shri Gundicha ...
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The Ratha Yatra of Puri, also rendered as the Ratha Jatra (Odia: ରଥଯାତ୍ରା, lit. 'chariot festival') ( / ˈ r ʌ θ ə ˈ j ɑː t r ɑː / , Odia pronunciation: [ɾɔt̪ʰɔ dʒat̪ɾa] ), is considered the oldest and largest Hindu chariot festival celebrated annually, on the bright half of the lunar month of Ashadh (June–July).
Nabakalebara is an important festival in the Hindu Odia calendar, observed in the Jagannath Temple, Puri. It was first organised in 1575 A.D by Bhoi King Ramachandra Deva , his eldest son Padmanava Pattanaika had first performed the Nabakalebera ritual in Barunei fort of Khordhagarh . [ 1 ]
The food, after being offered to Jagannath, is sold at Ananda bajara as abadha. Ananda bajara is an open market, located to the North-east of the Singhadwara (major entrance) inside the temple complex. Every day food for over 5000-10000 is cooked where in special occasions food for over 10 million people is cooked in rosaghara. [5]
In Jagannath-centric traditions, while Lakshmi is the consort of Jagannath in the temple complex, Vimala is the Tantric consort and guardian goddess of the temple complex. [ 9 ] [ 2 ] Vimala is identified with the goddesses Katyayini , Durga, Bhairavi , Bhuvaneshvari and Ekanamsha in various texts and rituals.