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Lakhs Congregate in Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri to Witness Deva Snana Purnima
- On Wednesday, June 11, 2025, lakhs of devotees gathered at the 12th-century Jagannath Temple in Puri to witness Lord Jagannath's Deva Snana Purnima bathing rituals on the Snana Mandap.
- The event marks the birthday of Lord Jagannath and involves a ceremonial procession called Pahandi, bringing the wooden idols to an elevated bathing altar for ritual purification.
- Officials poured 108 pitchers of sacred water from the Sunakua golden well at approximately 12:20 pm, followed by the Puri king performing a ceremonial sweeping around 3:30 pm, with the deities adorned in Gaja Vesha.
- Security tightened with 70 platoons and 450 officers deployed, while police used AI-based surveillance cameras linked to a new control room to manage crowd movement and traffic during the event.
- After the rituals, the deities were taken to isolation for 14 days due to falling ill from the bath, with public darshan closed until June 26 ahead of the Rath Yatra on June 27.
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Lakhs congregate in Lord Jagannath temple in Puri to witness Deva Snana Purnima
The festival, known as Deva Snana Purnima, takes place on the full moon day in the month of Jyestha, and this is the first occasion in a year when the wooden idols are brought out of the sanctum sanctorum in a procession and placed on the 'Snana Mandap' for the bathing rituals.
Lakhs congregate in Puri to witness Lord Jagannath’s bathing rituals
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