Thousands Flock to Puri for Lord Jagannath's Sacred Bathing Ritual

Thousands gathered in Puri, Odisha, to witness the 'Snana Jatra'—the ritual bathing of Lord Jagannath and other deities at the 12th-century temple. The sacred event involved bathing the deities with pitchers of herbal water and marks the start of the Rath Yatra festival.

Thousands of devotees thronged the seaside town of Puri in Odisha on Saturday to witness the sacred 'Snana Jatra' or bathing rituals of Lord Jagannath at the 12th-century temple.

The deities—Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra, and Chakraraj Sudarshan—were brought to the 'Snana Mandap' altar where they were bathed with 108 pitchers of sacred water.

The water, fetched from the temple's 'Suna Kua' or golden well, was infused with aromatic herbal essence. The ritual kickstarts the annual Rath Yatra festival.

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