List of festivals observed at Jagannatha Temple, Puri
elaborate daily worship service many festival year attended million people large number traditional festival observed devotee jagannath numerous festival twelve important snana yatra ratha yatra sri gundicha yatra sri hari sayan utthapan yatra parswa paribartan dakhinayan yatra prarbana yatra pusyavishek uttarayan dola yatra damanak chaturdasi akshaya tritiya purnima month jyestha god ceremonially bathed decorated every year occasion snana yatra ratha yatra significant festival jagannath jagannath triad usually worshiped sanctum temple month asadha rainy season odisha usually falling month june july brought onto bada danda main high street puri travel km shri gundicha temple huge chariot rath allowing public darshan holy view festival known ratha yatra meaning festival yatra chariot ratha rathayatra also termed shri gundicha yatra spectacular festival includes procession three huge chariot bearing idol jagannath balabhadra subhadra bada danda meaning grand avenue puri till final destination gundicha temple hera panchami known ritual maa mahalakshmi celebrated fifth day rath yatra ie fifth day bright fortnight ashadha sayana utsav sleeping ceremony lord sri hari sayan festival lord jagannath observed asadha sukla edadashi june–july akshaya tritiya every year chandan yatra festival mark commencement construction chariot ratha yatra panchaka many people wait different beshas deity different vesha like dalakia vesha adakia vesha laksmi nrusingha vesha trivikrama vesha finally day kartik purnima lord decorated rajarajeswara vesha one grandiloquent event associated lord jagannath naba kalabera take place one lunar month ashadha followed another lunar month aashadha take place even year literally meaning “new body” nava new kalevar body event involves installation new image temple burial old one temple premise koili vaikuntha idol currently worshipped temple premise installed year presently year nabakalebara held year literally mean vacation every year main idol jagannath balabhadra subhadra sudarshan holy snana yatra jyestha purnima go secret altar named anavasara ghar remain next dark fortnight krishna paksha hence devotee allowed view instead devotee go nearby place brahmagiri see beloved lord form four handed form alvarnath form vishnu people get first glimpse lord day rath yatra called nabayaubana said god fall fever taking huge bath treated special servant named daitapatis day period cooked food offered deity celebrated asadha trayodashi niladri bije concluding day ratha yatra day deity return ratna bedi lord jagannath offer rasgulla goddess laxmi enter temple annual shodasha dinatmaka day puja beginning day prior mahalaya ashwin month goddess vimala ending vijayadashami great importance utsava murty lord madanmohan vimala take part celebrated day ashwina krushna dwitiya vijayadashami per tradition idol madhaba along idol goddess durga known durgamadhaba taken tour temple premise tour within temple observed first eight day next eight day idol taken outside temple palanquin nearby narayani temple situated dolamandapa lane worship brought back temple many festival like dol yatra spring jhulan yatra monsoon celebrated temple every year pavitrotsava damanaka utsava celebrated per panchanga panjika special ceremony month kartika pausha pana sankranti also known vishuva sankranti mesha sankranti special ritual performed temple chitalagi amabasya also known chitau amabasya celebrated srabana amavasyajuly–august gold precious stone set chitas removed deity snana purnima snana yatra night adorned deba dipabali celebrated three day margasira krushna chaturdashi shukla pratipada jagannath incarnation sri ram offer pinda king dasarath second day krishna offer pinda original parent basudev devaki third day offered pinda foster parent nanda jashoda