Jagannath Baladeva Subhadra - Universe Lords
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Friday, December 18, 2015
Bhau beej
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Alarnath - Other form of Jagannath / Chaitanya / Map
With the doors of Puri Jagannath temple closed for a fortnight, devotees are flocking to Alarnath at Brahmagiri temple, 23 km from here, for darshan and to partake of the famous ‘kheer’ bhog.As per customs, the Trinity reclined to sick room, ‘Anasar Ghara’ after the holy bath on Snana Purnima. It is believed that the Lord Jagannath manifests as Alarnath during these 15 days.
The special delicacy ‘kheer’ is considered as ‘Amrit’ and devotees jostle for the bhog. The ‘kheer’ is prepared in buffalo milk and blended with other ingredients and flavour. Over 10,000 litres of milk is used everyday to meet the ever increasing demand among the devotees.This year the temple management had taken a few steps to make the fortnight more colourful. Darshan continues late into the night everyday. Noted bhajan singers present new compositions dedicated to Alarnath.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarnatha_Mandira
Page
http://www.dandavats.com/?p=7400
Chaitanya
http://www.srigaurangashram.in/the_lord_at_allalnath.htm
Map
http://wikimapia.org/street/16243747/Road-to-Alarnath-Temple
Ramanujacharya
The special delicacy ‘kheer’ is considered as ‘Amrit’ and devotees jostle for the bhog. The ‘kheer’ is prepared in buffalo milk and blended with other ingredients and flavour. Over 10,000 litres of milk is used everyday to meet the ever increasing demand among the devotees.This year the temple management had taken a few steps to make the fortnight more colourful. Darshan continues late into the night everyday. Noted bhajan singers present new compositions dedicated to Alarnath.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarnatha_Mandira
Page
http://www.dandavats.com/?p=7400
Chaitanya
http://www.srigaurangashram.in/the_lord_at_allalnath.htm
Map
Ramanujacharya
Pancha Mahadeb
- Lokanatha,
- Jameswara,
- Kapalamochana,
- Markandeswara and
- Nilakantheswara at Rata Khala
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Untouchable
Jai Jagannatha (Odia: à¬œàŸ à¬œà¬—à¬¨୍ନାଥ, Hindi: जय़ जगन्नाथ, Bengali: জয় জগন্নাথ, Assamese: জয জগন্নাথ, Punjabi: ਜਯ ਜਗੰਨਾਥ, Gujarati: જય જગન્નાથ, Telugu: జయ జగన్à°¨ాà°¥,Tamil: ஜய ஜகநாத, Malayalam: ജയ ജഗനാà´¥) is a 2007 Indian multilingual mythological film directed by Sabyasachi Mohapatra, released in 15 languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jai_Jagannatha
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Sri+Jagannath
http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=Sri+Jagannath
- Odia
- Hindi,
- English,
- Bengali,
- Assamese,
- Chhattisgarhi,
- Bhojpuri,
- Rajasthani,
- Punjabi,
- Gujarati,
- Marathi,
- Telugu,
- Tamil,
- Malayalam and
- Nepali.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jai_Jagannatha
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Sri+Jagannath
http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=Sri+Jagannath
Monday, November 23, 2015
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Friday, August 28, 2015
Monday, August 10, 2015
Jamala
Poet Yosabanta
Das said in Prema Bhakti Brahma Gita :-
Poet Yosobanta Das, one of the great poet of Panchasakha group told that Balaram, Srikrishna and Subhadra took rebirth in Purusottam Dham as Balabhadra, Jagannath and Subhadra who are the Supreme Gods Rudra, Vishnu and Brahma respectively.
Sarala Das one of the greatest poets of medieval India in his magnum opus Sarala Mahabharat in 15th Century AD already told the same thing-
"Tahum Se Ambhe Tini Bhrata
Yekante Bhaliu Gupata.
Rahilu Se Purusottam
Nitya Rahasa Arupam.
Ye Rudra Balabhadra Rupa
Atanti Ananta Swarupa.
Ambe Shree Jagannath Dehi
Brahma Subhadra Hoi Tahi.
Radha Gupata Anga Heu
Atma Sangate Puja Pau.
Poet Yosobanta Das, one of the great poet of Panchasakha group told that Balaram, Srikrishna and Subhadra took rebirth in Purusottam Dham as Balabhadra, Jagannath and Subhadra who are the Supreme Gods Rudra, Vishnu and Brahma respectively.
Sarala Das one of the greatest poets of medieval India in his magnum opus Sarala Mahabharat in 15th Century AD already told the same thing-
"Rama Krishna Subhadra Je E Tini Pratima
Shree Purusottame Bije Hali Hari Brahma"
- Rudra-Jamala – Rudra refers to Lord Siva and jamala is a book of rituals. It tells of the rituals connected with the deity Balabhadra.
- Tantra-Jamala – Tantra refers to esoteric forms of worship, mystic practices having spiritual power. In it are contained many diagrams that draw these powers down through their visual forms. Every day in the temple such diagrams are drawn in front of the deities where the offering of food is placed. It also contains instructions on the worship of Subhadra.
- Brdhma-Jamala – This deals with the rituals to be followed in the worship of Lord Jagannath.
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Monday, August 3, 2015
Enclosure
The temple is bounded by two enclosures.
- The inner enclosure is 400' x 278' and is known as kurma bedha.
- The outer enclosure is of 665' x 644' with the height varying from 20'to 24' is popularly known as Meghanad Prachir.
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Monday, July 27, 2015
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Monday, July 20, 2015
9 Wonders
1.Flag always flaps in opposite direction of air.
2.From any place in Puri you, will always find the Sudarshan Charka (Charka at top of Temple) facing you.
3.Normally during day-time, air comes from sea to land and during evening, the vice-versa occurs. But in Puri it’s totally opposite.
4.bird or planes do not fly above the Temple.
5.The shadow of the main dome is invisible at any time of the day.
6.The quantity of cooked food inside the Temple remains same for the entire year. But that same quantity of prasadam can feed few thousand people and 20 lac people also. Still it won’t get wasted or
never lag.
7.the Temple kitchen, 7 pots are kept on each other and cooked on firewood. In this process the contents in the top pot get cooked first and then the bottom one.
8.After entering from Singhadwara’s first step (from inside of the Temple), you can’t hear any sound produced by the ocean. But, when you cross the same step (from outside of the Temple) you can hear it. This can be noticed clearly during evening.
9. Prasadam is cooked by Laxmidevi herself every day; only pure devotees of Lord can see Her inside the Temple kitchen.
2.From any place in Puri you, will always find the Sudarshan Charka (Charka at top of Temple) facing you.
3.Normally during day-time, air comes from sea to land and during evening, the vice-versa occurs. But in Puri it’s totally opposite.
4.bird or planes do not fly above the Temple.
5.The shadow of the main dome is invisible at any time of the day.
6.The quantity of cooked food inside the Temple remains same for the entire year. But that same quantity of prasadam can feed few thousand people and 20 lac people also. Still it won’t get wasted or
never lag.
7.the Temple kitchen, 7 pots are kept on each other and cooked on firewood. In this process the contents in the top pot get cooked first and then the bottom one.
8.After entering from Singhadwara’s first step (from inside of the Temple), you can’t hear any sound produced by the ocean. But, when you cross the same step (from outside of the Temple) you can hear it. This can be noticed clearly during evening.
9. Prasadam is cooked by Laxmidevi herself every day; only pure devotees of Lord can see Her inside the Temple kitchen.
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Monday, June 29, 2015
Friday, June 26, 2015
Elephant
http://tirthayatra.org/the-mystery-behind-ganesha-vesha-of-lord-jagannatha/
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Mahanadi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahanadi
Map
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/rivers/mahanadi.html
Tube
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Mahanadi+River
Slides
http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=Mahanadi+river
Movie
http://trinitygods.blogspot.com/search/label/AllRounder
Map
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/rivers/mahanadi.html
Tube
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Mahanadi+River
Slides
http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=Mahanadi+river
Movie
http://trinitygods.blogspot.com/search/label/AllRounder
Friday, June 12, 2015
Monday, June 8, 2015
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Monday, June 1, 2015
Four idols inside temple
- Patitapaban Jagannath,
- Tirtheswar Jagananth,
- Neelamadhab Jagannath,
- Bata Jagannath
24 Forms
The most remarkable features of Jagannath Temple is that on the both sides of each parsvadevata shrines, in the outer wall, twenty four forms of bishnu is represented They are, such as
http://d01e.blogspot.com/search/label/24FormsofVishnuConsorts
- Keshab,
- Madhava,
- Damodara,
- Narayan,
- Bishnu,
- Gobinda,
- Madhusudan,
- Trivikram,
- Vamana,
- Sridhra,
- Hrusikesha,
- Padmnava,
- Sankarasana,
- Basudeba,
- Pradyumna,
- Anirudha,
- Purusottam,
- Adhoksaja,
- Narasimha,
- Achyuta,
- Janardana,
- Upendra,
- Hari,
- Srikrisna.
- the Sankha ( Conch),
- the chakra ( Wheel ),
- the gada ( Club ) and
- the Padma ( Lotus ) are found distributed among their four hands.
http://d01e.blogspot.com/search/label/24FormsofVishnuConsorts
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Monday, May 18, 2015
Friday, May 15, 2015
Associates
Abaranas (Associates) of the deities - After completion of bath, offering of clothes, sacred threads, ornaments, flowers and sandal pastes etc. to the main four deities, the puja of their Abarans are to be undertaken. This is the worship of the associates of the deities, who surround them in shape of a circle.
Starting With OM
Seven Abaranas of Sri Jagannath -
(1) His close friends in 1st Abarana - Dama, Sudam, Vasudam and Kinkini.
(2) 2nd Abarana - Hrdaya,Siras, Sikha, Kavaca and Astra portion of the Mulamantra. - kleem krishnaya govindaya gopijana vallabhaya
(3) 3rd Abarana - Eight wives of Srikrishna
(4) 4th Abarana - Real and foster parents of Krishna, Balabhadra, Subhadra; cowherds and Cow -
mandeis.
(5) 5th Abarana - Five Kalpavrksas, celestial Vrindavana.
(6) 6th Abarana - Eight Bhaktas, disciples of Krishna.
(7) 7th Abarana - Digpals with their weapons,vahans (carriers) and family members.
Seven Abaranas of Sri Balabhadra -
(1) 1st Abarana -Twelve syllabic mulamantra, - Om Namo Bhagavathey Vasudevay
(2) 2nd Abarana -12 Vishnus connected with 12 months - Keshav, Narayan, Madhab, Govind,
Vishnu, Madhusudan, Tribikram, Baman, Sridhar,Hrsikesa, Padmanabha and Damodar,
(3) 3rd Abarana -12 corresponding Shaktis - Kirti, Kanti,Tusti, Pusti, Dhrti, Ksanti, Kriya, Daya,
Medha, Harsa, Saraddha and Lajja,
(4) 4th Abarana - four Atmas,
(5) 5th Abarana - Balabhadra Himself in the middle,
(6) 6th Abarana - All Digpals with their weapons
(7) 7th Abarana - Ayudhas of Balabhadra.
Seven Avaranas of Subhadra -
(1) 1st Avarana - Monosyllabic Mantra 'Hrim',
(2) 2nd Abarana - on east, south, west, north of Her Gagan, Rakta, Karalika, Mahatsukama,
(3) 3rd Abarana - on six corners of hexagon, from east clockwise- Gayatri, Savitri. Visnu, Saraswati,
Siva and Brahma,
(4) 4th Abarana - on 8-petals of the first lotus -Anangakusuma, Anangakusumatura, Bhubanpalika,
Gaganvesika,Sasirekha, Gaganrekha, Karali and Vikarali,
(5) 5th Abarana - 16 deities on 16-petalled lotus,from eastern side moving clockwise -
Uma,Saraswati, Sri, Durga, Jaya, Smrti, Dhrti, Medha,Mati, Kanti, Anangamadan,
Anangamadanatura, Bhubanesa, Bhubanpalika, Sarvasisira and Anangavedana and 8 mothers
outside the lotus, Astamatrkas, starting from east- Brahmani (east), Maheswari (south-east),
Kumari (south), Vaisnabi (south-west), Barahi (west), Indrani (north-west), Camunda (north),
Laxmi (north-east),
(6) 6th Abarana - 8 Digpals with their weapons,
(7) 7th Abarana - Ayudhas- Sayudha and Savahan.
Five Abaranas of Sri Sudarshan -
(1) 1st Abarana - 4 deities in four directions - Acakra (south-east), Vicakra (south-west), Sucakra
(north-west), Adhicakra (north-east). This Abarana is treated as 'Angavaran'
(2) 2nd Abarana - 8 weapons hold in eight hands - Simple Namaskar Mantra 'Om Sankhaya Namah'
with regards to 8 weapons hold by Him in His eight hands - Sankha, Cakra, Gada, Padma, Sara,
Dhanus, Pasa and Ankusa.
(3) 3rd Abarana - 8 main Shaktis of Visnu - Laxmi, Saraswati, Rati,Priti, Kirti, Kanti, Tusti and Pusti. (4) 4th Abarana - 8 Digpals - Indra, Agni, Yama, Nirrti, Varun, Vayu, Kuber, Isana.
(5) 5th Abarana - Ayudhas of the deity.
Reference
http://harekrishnainfo.blogspot.com/search/label/Method
Digpals
http://vastuinformation.blogspot.com/
Reference
http://harekrishnainfo.blogspot.com/search/label/Method
Digpals
http://vastuinformation.blogspot.com/
Upacara Puja
Offering of the following
upacars
- Asanam (Offering of seat),
- Swagatam- (Extending welcome),
- Padya -(Providing water for foot washing),
- Arghya - (Providing water for face washing),
- Acamaniya -(Providing water for mouth rinsing),
- Madhuparka -(Mixture of honey and other items),
- Punah Acamana - (Rinsing of mouth on subsequent occasion),
- Snana -(Taking Bath on exhibition of Snana mudra),
- Bastra and Yajnopavita -(Offering of dresses and provision of sacred threads),
- Abarana - (Offering of ornaments to the deities),
- Gandha -(Offering of sandal paste and other scented materials),
- Puspa -(Offering of varieties of flowers),
- Puspanjali - (Offering of five Puspanjalis),
- Abarana Puja (from first Abarana to Seventh Abarana, as discussed earlier, this is an interruption in between the Upacar Puja),
- Dhoop -(Offering of incense),
- Deepa -(Showing of candle pot to the deities),
- Naivedya -(Naivedya samskar; offering of Naivedya to the deities, showing Naivedya mudra with mantrochattan;
- Japa or muttering of the mantra; providing water for ablution to the deities; acamana; offering of tambula and aratrikam.), Candanaivedya -(Bahyabali).
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Garuda Sevaka
The pilgrims consider it an act of holiness to offer flags for the Jagannath temple. Everyday the Garuda Sevaka carries number of big and small flags to the top of the temple. The flags are either deep red or yellow in colour, but a crescent moon and a sun in white colour cloth deck the centre of a flag. The length of the flag varies from 1 feet to 25 feet and may be more. A devotee has to pay to the temple committee a certain price to tie the flag and the price is determined by the length of a flag.
The sevayat before climbing the temple must dress himself in proper clothings. He wears silk cloth and the upper part of his body remains bare. He ties the flags, offered by the devotees, around his waist which he has to tie on the mast that day. He also carries a wooden stick in his hand and sets out to climb the temple. The stick in hand is meant to be used against the monkeys who may attack. He climbs so swiftly that within minutes he is seen at the crest of the dancing hall of the main temple. From here he has to climb about a hundred feet steep wall to reach the Neela Chakra. He climbs this wall in a very peculiar manner, his back to the wall and his two outstretched legs on two raised parts of the wall. After climbing the body of the temple he reaches the head of the temple. This part is orange-shaped and it is impossible to climb this without any help. There is a device made of iron rings and a rope attached permanently on the head of the temple and He reaches the Neela chakra with the help of this. The entire breath taking exercise of reaching the Neela Chakra from the temple floor takes around 20 minutes. After climbing the Neela Chakra, he removes the old flags from the pole and ties the new ones.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Ramayana to Mahabharata
http://freeglobaluniversity.blogspot.com/2014/02/oldest-to-longest-epic.html
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Salabega / Composition / Play / Videos
jagannath is Krishna and His transcendental pastimes are unlimited and beyond comprehension. He showed special mercy to His poet-devotee Salabega,whose example illustrates the Lord’s eagerness to reciprocate with His devotees. Born in the beginning of the seventeenth century,Salabega was the son of the widow of a Hindu brahmana and Lalbeg a merciless commander of the Mogul Empire. Although his ruthless father intensely hated the Hindus,Salabega’s mother was a fervent devotee of Lord J agannatha,and she taught her son about the Lord.
Once, as a child or young man, Salabega became very ill,and the attending physicians thought he would die.Salabega miraculously recovered when he heard some devotees singing bhajanas (devotional songs) about Krasna and Jagannatha and he began chanting Jagannatha’s names.This was a pivotal moment in his devotional life.He remembered his mother’s description of Visnu’s rescue of Gajendra,the king of the elephants, when chased by a crocodile. Like Dhruva Maharaja and Sri Prahlada,Salabega had inten se childlike faith in the mercy of the Lord.
As he grew older,Salabega learned to sing and compose devotional songs for the pleasure of Jagannatha,whom he sometimes called Kalia,”the dark darling.” He eventually lived in Vrndavana,but he became anxious to see Lord Jagannatha in Purl. Because of his Muslim birth,Salabega was denied entrance to the Puri temple,and he returned to Vrndavana in disappointment.Lord Jagannatha, however,is known as patita-pavana, “the savior of the fallen,” and so He comes out from the temple every year during the Rathayatra festival to bestow his merciful glance upon all creatures.Salabega planned to visit Puri during the Rathayatra festival
On the way to Pun,however,he fell ill. Lamenting at the thought that he would miss the opportunity to see Jagannath a, he prayed that Jagannatha would wait for him, a sentiment prevalent in one of his songs: satasa pacasha kosha cali na par ai/ moha jivajaen nandighose thiva rahi: “It is very difficult to walk the 750 kosas (the distance between Vrndavana and Jagannatha PurL) to see You. Please remain on Nandighosa until then.”
Just then, a miracle occurred.Lord Jagannatha’s cart,called Nandighosa,stopped,and no onecould budge it.Jagannatha waited for the arrival of His dear devotee Salabega,who had the opportunity to sing directly to his dark darling and look at Him to his heart’s content. Those who had criticized Salabega for his low birth were humbled as they saw the greatness of Salabega’s devotion.
Many times after that day, Salabega returned to compose songs for Jagannatha at the spot where the Lord had stopped.Today, his samadhi (tomb) stands nearby on Grand Road.
Salabega’s devotion apparently brought the Lord of the universe under his control.In tribute to this pastime,even to this day Lord Jagannarha’s cart stops at Salabega’s samadhi on Grand Road during the Rathayatra procession.
Salabega’s example teaches us that birth does not matter,that pure devotion transcends social status, such as being a brahmana After all, we are not this body but spirit souls. To show the world that anyone can become Krishna’s pure devotee, Srila Prabhupada wanted his followers, most of whom were not brahmanas by birth, to be brahminical in devotion and behavior.
http://www.eodissa.com/culture-of-odisha/488-bhakta-salabega
Blog
https://divyakataksham.wordpress.com/tag/shloka-24/
http://eodisha.org/bhakta-salabega-great-devotee-lord-jaganath-proves-muslims-can-devotee-jagannath-puri-story-odisha/
Discussions
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Proud
In 1727 Dhananjay Mehta, a wealthy man from Hyderabad in South India, came to Jagannatha Puri along with his family. Personally, he had no faith in Jagannatha and was proud of his wealth. While in Puri he decided to challenge this strange image made of wood. In the temple, food is offered to the deities three times daily. Dhananjay Mehta publicly declared he would donate one hundred thousand rupees to Jagannatha if the temple cooks could spend all of it to prepare one offering of prasad. In those days, fruit and vegetables were very inexpensive. Even one hundred rupees was enough to buy the ingredients for one offering of food. What would the cooks do with one thousand rupees, what to speak of one hundred thousand? Dhananjay’s challenge created a problem for Jagannatha’s worshipers, and they were undoubtedly sad to see such an attitude on the part of a so-called devotee.
The priest debated, “Should he be told that such a huge amount is absolutely too much? Should we tell him to give a smaller donation? Would that be too embarrassing to ask of him? We know Jagannatha is great—his temple is majestic, his rituals mystical and divine—so how can we tell this man to give less just so that we ordinary mortals can handle it?”
At that time, butter was the most costly ingredient, and the priests began to consider whether they could buy enough butter to make a large quantity of ghee for cooking. What type of prasad could be prepared from only ghee? The most delicious and costliest prasad could easily be prepared with butter and coconut palm sweets for ten thousand rupees, but this millionaire from Hyderabad wanted to offer prasad costing one hundred thousand rupees!
Since the Jagannatha temple was first established, lakhs of people had been served maha-prasada at the temple’s Ananda Bazaar. To this day one can find delicacies in abundance. In fact, the Jagannatha temple is the only temple in the world to have always treated maha-prasada as more valuable even than seeing the deities. All can eat it, regardless of caste, color, or creed. Yet never before had such a problem arisen. The temple cooks were at their wits’ end. There was no prasad that could be prepared that would cost one hundred thousand rupees!
Finally they decided, “Let us communicate this problem to the Lord himself, and let his will prevail. Lord Jagannatha is not a man of flesh and blood to be prayed to for a simple response. Let there be a dharana, or group prayer, before him. Nobody can prevail over his wishes.” So the head priest made a heartfelt prayer, backed by the one-pointed intention of the other priests, “O Lord, please choose the food you desire.”
At the same time, Dhananjay was anxious to return to his business affairs in Hyderabad. He did not want to stay in Puri any longer. So he asked the head priest to come by the next morning to inform him about their decision concerning the prasad. The priest replied that he was waiting for the Lord to give them an answer. That was exactly what Dhananjay wanted, and to see the defeat of the priests he decided to extend his stay in Puri a little longer. In this sweet way, the Lord was teaching him.
One hundred thousand rupees is a pittance for the Lord who reigns over innumerable universes. In due time the Lord answered the head priest’s prayer, speaking to him in a dream: “Let Dhananjay offer me one piece of pan . However, the betel nut in the pan leaf must be smeared not with lime but with the powder of a finely ground pearl. Moreover, this pearl must have come from inside a bull elephant’s forehead.”
Now, one piece of pan can be purchased with almost no money—even today it costs only about fifty paisa—but with this rarest of ingredients inside, the cost would be excessive. Immediately the priest rushed to Dhananjay and narrated the contents of his dream. “Is this not a great thing? Jagannatha wants a mere betel nut, but it must be prepared with the pearl from an bull elephant’s head.”
Hearing this, Dhananjay’s face paled. He thought, “A mere betel nut! Nothing more than that!” It is said that an elephant is worth one hundred thousand rupees, dead or alive. How many bull elephants would have to be killed to find one pearl? Not every bull elephant has a pearl inside its forehead. It is a rare phenomenon. Indeed, one in a million has a pearl in its forehead. Dhananjay’s head reeled and he had to admit defeat. He was incapable of offering even a single betel nut to Lord Jagannatha. Unknotting his turban and removing his sandals, he went running to the Lord with his purse full of rupees. A huge crowd followed, watching the strange sight.
The Lord had defeated a millionaire at his own game of dollars and cents. At last his human pride was crushed. He sobbed before the deity, reaching out to Jagannatha with unrestrained, childlike cries. In total devotion and defeat he prayed, “O Lord, I have made a stupid human blunder, for I am totally incapable of offering you even a single betel nut. What else can I offer? O Lord, pardon me. I am a fallen man, insignificant before you, but made wise before you also. Everything is yours and you are everything. Take whatever I have. Please accept only the sweet-smelling red betel nut of my heart.”
The priest debated, “Should he be told that such a huge amount is absolutely too much? Should we tell him to give a smaller donation? Would that be too embarrassing to ask of him? We know Jagannatha is great—his temple is majestic, his rituals mystical and divine—so how can we tell this man to give less just so that we ordinary mortals can handle it?”
At that time, butter was the most costly ingredient, and the priests began to consider whether they could buy enough butter to make a large quantity of ghee for cooking. What type of prasad could be prepared from only ghee? The most delicious and costliest prasad could easily be prepared with butter and coconut palm sweets for ten thousand rupees, but this millionaire from Hyderabad wanted to offer prasad costing one hundred thousand rupees!
Since the Jagannatha temple was first established, lakhs of people had been served maha-prasada at the temple’s Ananda Bazaar. To this day one can find delicacies in abundance. In fact, the Jagannatha temple is the only temple in the world to have always treated maha-prasada as more valuable even than seeing the deities. All can eat it, regardless of caste, color, or creed. Yet never before had such a problem arisen. The temple cooks were at their wits’ end. There was no prasad that could be prepared that would cost one hundred thousand rupees!
Finally they decided, “Let us communicate this problem to the Lord himself, and let his will prevail. Lord Jagannatha is not a man of flesh and blood to be prayed to for a simple response. Let there be a dharana, or group prayer, before him. Nobody can prevail over his wishes.” So the head priest made a heartfelt prayer, backed by the one-pointed intention of the other priests, “O Lord, please choose the food you desire.”
At the same time, Dhananjay was anxious to return to his business affairs in Hyderabad. He did not want to stay in Puri any longer. So he asked the head priest to come by the next morning to inform him about their decision concerning the prasad. The priest replied that he was waiting for the Lord to give them an answer. That was exactly what Dhananjay wanted, and to see the defeat of the priests he decided to extend his stay in Puri a little longer. In this sweet way, the Lord was teaching him.
One hundred thousand rupees is a pittance for the Lord who reigns over innumerable universes. In due time the Lord answered the head priest’s prayer, speaking to him in a dream: “Let Dhananjay offer me one piece of pan . However, the betel nut in the pan leaf must be smeared not with lime but with the powder of a finely ground pearl. Moreover, this pearl must have come from inside a bull elephant’s forehead.”
Now, one piece of pan can be purchased with almost no money—even today it costs only about fifty paisa—but with this rarest of ingredients inside, the cost would be excessive. Immediately the priest rushed to Dhananjay and narrated the contents of his dream. “Is this not a great thing? Jagannatha wants a mere betel nut, but it must be prepared with the pearl from an bull elephant’s head.”
Hearing this, Dhananjay’s face paled. He thought, “A mere betel nut! Nothing more than that!” It is said that an elephant is worth one hundred thousand rupees, dead or alive. How many bull elephants would have to be killed to find one pearl? Not every bull elephant has a pearl inside its forehead. It is a rare phenomenon. Indeed, one in a million has a pearl in its forehead. Dhananjay’s head reeled and he had to admit defeat. He was incapable of offering even a single betel nut to Lord Jagannatha. Unknotting his turban and removing his sandals, he went running to the Lord with his purse full of rupees. A huge crowd followed, watching the strange sight.
The Lord had defeated a millionaire at his own game of dollars and cents. At last his human pride was crushed. He sobbed before the deity, reaching out to Jagannatha with unrestrained, childlike cries. In total devotion and defeat he prayed, “O Lord, I have made a stupid human blunder, for I am totally incapable of offering you even a single betel nut. What else can I offer? O Lord, pardon me. I am a fallen man, insignificant before you, but made wise before you also. Everything is yours and you are everything. Take whatever I have. Please accept only the sweet-smelling red betel nut of my heart.”
Dwadas Yatras
It is said that there are twelve 'Yatras' (festivals) of Shri Jagannath as mentioned below, but actually there are more festive rituals performed throughout the year.
1. Devasnana Purnima
2. Ratha Yatra
3. Snana Yatra
4. Dakhinayana
5. Parshwa Parivarthan
6. Deva Uthapana
7. Prabarana Sasthi
8. Pushyavisheka
9. Makar Sankranti
10.Dola Yatra
11.Damanaka Chaturdashi
12.Akshaya Trutiya
General
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1. Devasnana Purnima
2. Ratha Yatra
3. Snana Yatra
4. Dakhinayana
5. Parshwa Parivarthan
6. Deva Uthapana
7. Prabarana Sasthi
8. Pushyavisheka
9. Makar Sankranti
10.Dola Yatra
11.Damanaka Chaturdashi
12.Akshaya Trutiya
General
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1. ArunaStamba
2. Fate Mahavira
3. Patitapaban
4. KashiBiswanath
5. Ramaviseka
6. Barabhaya Hanuman
7. BudhimaThakurani
8. SadabhujaGauranga
9. SimanchalaNrusingh
10. Durgamadhab
11. Ramanath, Badrinath, Dwarakanath
12. Panchamukhi Hanuman
13. PaschimadwarMahavir
14. Chakranarayan
15. BaikunthanathTapaswiMahabir or Susen
16. Sitala and Uttarayani
17. Parsunath and Dhabaleswar
18. Aisanyeswar
19. Ananda Bazar
20. Pataleswar
21. Padapadma
22. VitaraBaikuntha-KoiliBaikuntha
23. Radhakrushna
24. Ramachandra
25. Agniswara
26. Satyanarayana
27. Batakrushna
28. Balamukunda
29. Kalpabata
30. Bata Ganesha
31. BatabihariJagannath
32. Panchsiva- Lokanath, Hambeswar, Nilakantha, Kapalmochan, Markandeswar
33. AdhimasDebata
34. Sarvamangala
35. Bateswar
36. Indrani
37. AnantaBasudev
38. Kutamchandi
39. Khetrapala- Bhairab and Mukteswar
40. Muktimandap
41. JajnaNrushinghabaraha
42. RohiniKunda
43. Natua Ganesh
44. Bimala Devi
45. BenuMadhab
46. Jageswar
47. Sakhigopal
48. Bhanda Ganesh
49. Ekadasi
50. KhirachoraGopinath
51. Bhubaneswari or Kamala and Saraswati, Sabitri, Sati, Devi, Gayatri
52. Laxmi Narayan
53. Bedha Kali
54. Mahalaxmi
55. Nabagraha
56. Suryadeva
57. Dadhibaman
58. Sri Ram, Lakshman and Sita
59. Radhakanta
60. Kunjabihari
2. Fate Mahavira
3. Patitapaban
4. KashiBiswanath
5. Ramaviseka
6. Barabhaya Hanuman
7. BudhimaThakurani
8. SadabhujaGauranga
9. SimanchalaNrusingh
10. Durgamadhab
11. Ramanath, Badrinath, Dwarakanath
12. Panchamukhi Hanuman
13. PaschimadwarMahavir
14. Chakranarayan
15. BaikunthanathTapaswiMahabir or Susen
16. Sitala and Uttarayani
17. Parsunath and Dhabaleswar
18. Aisanyeswar
19. Ananda Bazar
20. Pataleswar
21. Padapadma
22. VitaraBaikuntha-KoiliBaikuntha
23. Radhakrushna
24. Ramachandra
25. Agniswara
26. Satyanarayana
27. Batakrushna
28. Balamukunda
29. Kalpabata
30. Bata Ganesha
31. BatabihariJagannath
32. Panchsiva- Lokanath, Hambeswar, Nilakantha, Kapalmochan, Markandeswar
33. AdhimasDebata
34. Sarvamangala
35. Bateswar
36. Indrani
37. AnantaBasudev
38. Kutamchandi
39. Khetrapala- Bhairab and Mukteswar
40. Muktimandap
41. JajnaNrushinghabaraha
42. RohiniKunda
43. Natua Ganesh
44. Bimala Devi
45. BenuMadhab
46. Jageswar
47. Sakhigopal
48. Bhanda Ganesh
49. Ekadasi
50. KhirachoraGopinath
51. Bhubaneswari or Kamala and Saraswati, Sabitri, Sati, Devi, Gayatri
52. Laxmi Narayan
53. Bedha Kali
54. Mahalaxmi
55. Nabagraha
56. Suryadeva
57. Dadhibaman
58. Sri Ram, Lakshman and Sita
59. Radhakanta
60. Kunjabihari
Ashtadhatu
Ashtadhatu is a combination of eight metals. The metals used are
- gold,
- silver,
- copper,
- zinc,
- lead,
- tin,
- iron and
- mercury. There are also Ashtadhatu Yantra.
The process of making Ashtadhatu idols is bit complex and it varies.
- In the first stage, the exact model of the deity is made using wax.
- In the second stage, the wax model is covered with clay to make a mold.
- In the third stage, the wax and clay mold is put into fire. In this process, the clay hardens and the wax melts away making a hollow mold.
- In the fourth, the eight metals – taken according to the proportion required – are melted.
- In the fifth stage, the melted amalgam is poured into the clay mold and is allowed to cool.
- In the final stage, after cooling, the clay molds are dismantled and the Ashtadhatu idol is revealed.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Cultural feast for US President
Beginning with an invocation from the Rig Veda, a text recognised as a world heritage work, the programme comprises short presentations in different styles with dancers coming together in a rhythmic finale. The event showcases five forms of Indian classical dances --
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- Kathak,
- Manipuri,
- Oddissi,
- Bharatanatyam and
- Kathakali.
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