Devotees celebrate Deva Snana Purnima 2017 in India today

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NEW DELHI: Deva Snana Purnima 2017 also known as ‘Snana Yatra’ is an auspicious bathing festival for Lord Jagannath which is celebrated every year by devotees on the occasion of Lord Jagannath birthday. Deva Snana Purnima is observed on the ‘Purnima’ of the ‘Jyeshtha’ month in the Hindu calendar. This is the first occasion in the year as per the Hindu calendar, when the deities Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra, Sudarshan, and Madanmohan are brought out from the Jagannath Temple (Puri) and taken in a procession to the Snana Bedi.
On the ocassion of bathing ceremony, the deities of the Jagannath Temple, namely, Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra are worshipped with full devotion and dedication. According the Hindu legends, it is believed that during the ritualistic Snana Yatra, the deities get fever and take 15 days solitary confinement. The idols appear for public viewing, only after getting reenergized. As mentioned in the ‘Skanda Purana’, King Indradyumna arranged this bathing ceremony for the first time, after the deities were installed in the Jagannath Temple. The devotees of Lord Jagannath believe that by merely getting the ‘darshan’ of their lord on the day of Deva Snana Purnima, will free them from all their sins of present and past lives.
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