👉*🚩🛕Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra 2023 - Rituals*
*🌟20th June 2023, Tuesday - Gundicha Yatra or Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra🌟*
*🚩🛕Sri Jagannath Dham, Puri, Odisha*
*🌹Day 1 - 19th June 2023, Monday🌹*
*📍Ritual 1 - Agyana Mala Bije*
*The Sewaks who all will be accompanying the Rathas to and fro will go inside Niladri Mandap the Sanctum Sanctorum of Sri Jagannath Dham and will get Agyana or Spiritual Knowledge from Mahaprabhu Sri Jagannath*
*📍Ritual 2 - Ubha Jatra or Yatra*
*The three Rathas will be brought in front of Singha Dwar and an small Puja will be performed for each Rathas*
*🌺Day 2 - Rath Yatra Day - 20th June 2023, Tuesday 🌺*
*The Rituals begin at 07:00 a.m. - Ratha Pahandi or bringing the three deities to the Rathas from Niladri Mandap the Sanctum Sanctorum of Sri Jagannath Dham - Pahandi means step by step movement, there is a procedure followed in Sri Jagannath Dham on bringing the deities, below is the details 👇*
*1. Sudarshan Chakra or Sudarshana Murthy comes out first*
*2. Dau Balabhadra steps out second*
*3. Maa Subhadra Devi steps out third*
*4. Raja Raman and Madana Mohan, the gods of Mahaprabhu steps out fourth*
*5. Mahaprabhu Sri Jagannath steps out last*
*The Ratha Pahandi duration is 2 hours 15 minutes, starts at 7 a.m. and ends at 09:15 a.m.*
*Once the three deities have boarded their respective Rathas a small Puja takes place before the arrival of the King of Puri Shri Divya Singha Deba IV "
*The King of Puri Shri Divya Singha Deba IV arrives shortly after the initial Puja rituals get over, he comes to perform Chhera Pahanra or cleaning and washing the three Rathas, the King Sweeps and washes the three Rathas with aromatic herbal water, after which he performs Puja at the three Rathas which includes Aarthi before the commencement of Gundicha Yatra or Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra*
*Only after the King of Puri shows the Green Flag, the Rath starts moving towards Gundicha Temple on the Bada Danda or Grand Road, the Rath movement has a procedure the details are below 👇*
*a. First Dau Balabhadra Rath TALADHWAJA moves.*
*b. Second after few minutes Maa Subhadra Devi Rath DEVDALANA or DARPADALANA moves.*
*c. Third after Dau Balabhadra and Maa Subhadra Devi Rath has moved some distance Mahaprabhu Sri Jagannath Rath NANDIGHOSH moves.*
*All the three Rathas reach Gundicha Temple in the evening, a 3 km distance in close to 7 hours*
*On reaching Gundicha Temple, welcoming ceremony takes place, new vastra or dress offered to the three deities, Puja and Aarthi are performed.*
*In the night the three deities give the devotees Shayanrathri Darshan on the Rathas*
*💐Day 3 - 21st June 2023, Wednesday - Gundicha Temple, Puri, Odisha*
*Mangala Abhishek, Shringaar (new vastra) and Aarthi performed to to the three deities on their respective Rathas - same is done during the Maha Bhog Aarthi Shringaar Darshan and just before the three deities step inside Gundicha Temple in the evening*
*Towards evening the three deities are brought down from their respective Rathas and taken inside Adapa Mandap of Gundicha Temple one by one, this Ritual is called Adapa Mandap Bije*
*The procedure of entering Gundicha Temple - Adapa Mandap 👇*
*1. Sudarshan Chakra or Sudarshana Murthy goes in first*
*2. Dau Balabhadra steps inside second*
*3. Maa Subhadra Devi steps inside third*
*4. Raja Raman and Madana Mohan, the gods of Mahaprabhu steps inside fourth*
*5. Mahaprabhu Sri Jagannath steps inside last*
*I have given you the 1st three days Rituals on 10th June 2023, Saturday, the other days Rituals I will be giving you on 11th June 2023, Sunday*
*I have not copy pasted from any source, fully drafted by me whatever I have learned about Gundicha Yatra or Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra in 2022*
*🙏🌹🌺💐🙏 Jai Jagannath 🙏