Puri: Jagannath Temple in Puri will remain out of bounds for devotees for 4 hours from 1 pm on Wednesday for the elopement ritual of Lord Krishna with Devi Rukmini, popularly known as ‘Rukmini Haran’.
According to the tradition, the ritual is enacted on the shrine premises on the auspicious Rukmini Haran Ekadashi, which is observed on eleventh day of the waxing moon in the month of Jyestha and four days before Debasnana Purnima.
Legends has it that Rukmini was in love with Krishna but her brother Rukmi wanted her to marry Sisupala. So, she secretly sends a message to Krishna asking him to stage her abduction and marry her.
On this occasion, Lord Jagannath is adorned with Baula Pata and sends his representative, Madanmohan, to kidnap Rukmini, the princess of Vidharba, while she is offering prayers at Maa Bimala temple. Sisupala chases the duo and a war ensues with the Lord emerging victorious. Once the war gets over, the servitors start preparations for the divine wedding of Lord Jagannath and Goddess Rukmani on the Vivaha Mandap inside the temple.
Apart from the divine marriage ceremony, ‘Jalakrida ritual’ of ‘Bhitara Chandan Jatra’ is also held on the day.
Mumbai: After veteran actor Mukesh Khanna, noted poet Kumar Vishwas left netizens irked with his…
Bhubaneswar: A major fire erupted at a godown, belonging to a distributor of Hawkins pressure…
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday announced that the Patha Utsav, which was…
Hyderabad: Bhaskar, husband of the 35-year-old woman who died in the Sandhya Theatre stampede in Hyderabad,…
Koraput: Vigilance has apprehended a Marketing Inspector for taking a bribe of Rs 7,000 from…
Mumbai: Legendary filmmaker Shyam Benegal breathed his last at Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai on Monday.…
This website uses cookies.