Puri: Following the go-ahead from the Supreme Court, the Jagannath Temple committee on Monday said that the rituals for Rath Yatra will begin at 3 am inside the 12th-century shrine.
The Pahandi ritual (procession) will began at 7 am and the sibling deities will board the chariots at the Singha Dwara facing towards the Gundicha Temple by 10 am. The Chherapahara ritual will be held at 11.30 am.
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The chariots will be pulled thereafter, around 12 pm.
The Schedule For Tuesday
- ‘Mangala Aalati’ ritual of the sibling deities will be performed at 3 am followed by ‘Mailama’ and ‘Tadapa Lagi’ at the temple.
- ‘Abakasha’ ritual of the deities will be performed at 4.30 am.
- ‘Gopal Ballava’ and ‘Sakala Dhoopa’ will be held from 5:30 am to 6:45 am.
- The ‘Ratha Pratishta’ ritual will be observed at 6:45 am.
- The ‘Pahandi ritual’ (procession) will begin at 7 am.
- The sibling deities will board the chariots at the Singha Dwara facing towards the Gundicha Temple by 10 am.
- ‘Madan Mohan Bije’ will be held from 10 am to 10.30 am.
- ‘Chita Lagi’ of the deities will begin at 10.30 am and conclude at 11 am.
- ‘Chherapahara’, a major ritual of the annual festival, will be held at 11.30 am.
- Pulling of the three chariots will begin at noon.
- ‘Chherapahara’ will be between 11.30 am and 12.15 pm. Servitors will attach horses and charioteers to the three chariots during this period.
