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By: Shree1news, 21 JUL 2021
Suna Besha, also called Raja Besha or Rajarajeshwara Beshais an event of the auspicious Rath Yatra when Lord Jagannath and other deities Balabhadra, and Goddess Subhadra are adorned with beautifully carved Gold jewellery and are loaded with precious stones and the yellow shine of the Gold from top to bottom.
The temple’s bhandara ghar is where the gold ornaments are stored. Escorted by armed police men and temple officials, bhandara mekap priests (store in-charge) bring the gold jewellery laced with invaluable stones and hand it over to puspalaka and and daitapati priests
According to temple sources, the sibling deities wear gold jewellery, weighing nearly 208 kg (2 quintal 8 kg), on this occasion.
It take the servitors nearly an hour to decorate the Lords with gold ornaments and different jewellery- Sri Hasta (gold hand), Sri Payar (gold feet), Sri Mukuta (big gold crown), Sri Mayur Chandrika (gold peacock feather for Lord Jagannath), Sri Chulapati (an ornament traditionally worn on the forehead), Sri Kundal (gold earring with a hanging ball), Sri Rahurekha (a half square-shaped gold aura), Sri Mala (necklaces), Sri Chita (third eye of Lords), Sri Chakra (gold wheel), Sri Gada (gold bludgeon), Sri Padma (gold lotus) and Sri Sankha (a silver conch).
The Lords are adorned in gold on 4 other occasions —Dussehra, Kartika Purnima, Pausa Purnima and Dola Purnima — in a calendar year. These, however, are observed inside the temple.
“JAY JAGANNATH”
Source:A-N, DD Odia
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