A six-day long Sri Sri Jagannath Biswasanti Mahayajna has started with great enthusiasm at Chorda Kali Melan ground here since Monday. The main aim of the yajna is to spread lord Jagannath Chetana.
The big ground was decorated like ‘Srikshetra’ and almost all the people of the whole town have been thronging the site to have darshan of the three deities, such as lord Jagannath , lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra and participate in the rituals.
Vyasanagar town has now become a gathering place of Sadhus and Santhas. Many devotional programmes like Bhajan, Kirttan and Prabachan have been taking place regularly. The yajna kund size is around 80 feet in length and 80 feet in breadth. 650 women participated in the holiest ‘Kalasa yatra’ on Monday morning. It started from Dala pond and moved around for about 4-5 hours to cover a stretch of 4 km to reach the yajna field. Police were deployed for security.
Notable persons like former Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadai with his wife Pratima Ghadai, their son and Sukinda MlA Pritee Ranjan Ghadai, Vyasanagar Chairperson Sabita Rout and former Chairman Bandita Parida were present.
The yajna is being organised by Shree Jagannath Chetana Committee, Vyasanagar. Prafulla Boitai, Sarat Patra, Bibekananda Mohanty, Chandramani Samal and others were monitoring the day- to- day affairs of the programme on behalf of the committee.