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{{Short description|Hindu bathing festival}}
[[File:God & Goddess dressed in elephant.JPG|thumb|Elephant attire is put on the
bodies of deities on the occasion of Jagannath Snana Jatra.]]
[[File:Snana yatra.jpg|thumb|234x234px|Tulsi is applied on the whole body before taking them to bath.
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The '''Snana Yatra/Jatra''' ({{lang-or| '''ସ୍ନାନ ଯାତ୍ରା'''}}) is a [[bathing festival]] of deities celebrated on the [[Full Moon|Purnima]] (full moon day) of the [[Hindu]] month of [[Jyeshtha]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130624/jsp/odisha/story_17040386.jsp#.UcmSBmdb5tY |title=Lavish bath before sickroom stay |work=telegraphindia.com |year=2013 |quote=The festival is observed on the full moon day of the Odia month of Jyestha |access-date=25 June 2013}}</ref> It is the auspicious birthday of Lord Jagannath.
It is an important festival for the Sanatana or Hindu dharma. This is the first occasion in the year as per the Hindu calendar, when the deities [[Jagannath]], [[Balabhadra]], [[Subhadra]], Sudarshana, and Madanmohana are brought out from the [[Jagannath Temple (Puri)]] and taken in a procession to the Snana Bedi. There they are ceremonially bathed and decorated for a public audience with the devotees.<ref>The official website of the Puri Jagannath temple [http://www.jagannathtemplepuri.com/].</ref>

== Religious Significance ==
It is a belief among devotees of Lord Jagannath that if they make a pilgrimage to see the deity on this day, they would be cleansed of all of their sins. Hundreds of thousands of devotees visit the temple on the occasion.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lakhs witness deities' bathing ritual in Puri|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2374838441.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308193618/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2374838441.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2016|access-date=2 September 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times, Delhi {{Subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}|date=15 June 2011}}</ref> The [[Skanda Purana]] mentions that King Indradyumna arranged this ceremony for the first time when the idols of the deities were first installed.

== Ceremonies Conducted ==
On the eve of the Snana Yatra (which means the Divine Bathing festival, in [[Sanskrit]]), the idols of the deities are brought out in a grand procession from the [[garbhagriha]] ([[sanctum sanctorum]]) to the Snana Bedi (bathing platform). Devotees come to view the deities.

On the day of the Snana Yatra, the deities are bathed with 108 pots, of ritually purified water drawn from the northern well of the temple to the accompaniment of religious incantations.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Ceremonial-bath-over-lords-retire-to-Anasar-Ghar/2013/06/24/article1650075.ece |title=Ceremonial bath over, lords retire to Anasar Ghar - The New Indian Express |first= Rajkumar |last= Mohanty |work=newindianexpress.com |year=2013 |quote=they were bathed with 108 pitchers of aromatic and herbal water |access-date=25 June 2013}}</ref>
In the evening, at the conclusion of the bathing ritual, Jagannath and Balabhadra are dressed up in elephant headgear representing the God [[Ganesh]]. This form of the God is called the 'Gajavesha'.

After the Snana Yatra the Gods are traditionally believed to fall ill and are kept in a sick room to recuperate in privacy under the care of the Raj Vaidya.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-15/bhubaneswar/29665945_1_jagannath-temple-deities-temple-authorities |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130928034741/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-15/bhubaneswar/29665945_1_jagannath-temple-deities-temple-authorities |url-status= dead |archive-date= 28 September 2013 |title=The skies rain down for divine bath |first= Debabrata |last=Mohapatra |year=2011 |quote=would undergo treatment by the shrine vaidyas (ayurveda doctors) for 15 days, |work= [[The Times of India]] |access-date=25 June 2013}}</ref> During this period known as '''Anasara''' the Gods cannot be seen by devotees. At this time three pata chitra paintings are displayed for devotees to view instead
It is said that with the [[Ayurvedic]] medication ('{{transl|hi|italic=no|pnachan}}') administered by the Raj Vaidya the Gods recover in a [[fortnight]] and resume giving an audience to their devotees.<ref>[http://www.shreekhetra.com/snanayatra.html Details of the ceremony]</ref>

During the Anasara period devotees head to the [[Alarnatha Mandira]] in Bramhagiri in the belief that Jagannath manifests as Alarnatha during this period<ref>{{cite web |url=https://odishatv.in/odisha/rath-yatra-snana-purnima-likely-to-be-held-with-minimum-servitors-452752|title=Rath Yatra: Snana Purnima Likely To Be Held With Minimum Servitors|publisher= ODTV|access-date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Jagannath}}
{{Odia culture}}

[[Category:Festivals in Jagannath]]
[[Category:Festivals in Odisha]]
[[Category:Hindu festivals]]
[[Category:Religious festivals in India]]

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