All set for the grand procession, just the last touch then the temple is ready to shine and glow. The Rath will soon be ready to roll with the three deities of Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra on it. Everything is set to raise the curtain from the idols at Jagannathpur temple on July 9 in Ranchi.
“The arrangements for the decoration of the deities and the rituals to be carried out on the day of grand procession are almost done. The administration is taking good care of the security, safety, first-aid, electricity, water and cleanliness,” said the priest of the temple, Rameshwar Padhi.
The final work of light and sound to be finished and then the temple will glow with the dazzling glitter of light all around the premises of the temple. “We are working as a team of 15persons to do the whole work of light and sound. The kind of lights includes lari, Halogen and CFl which will be fixed in the main temple as well as Mausi Badi and all around the premises of the temple,” said the in charge of light and sound department of the temple, Kailash Mahto.
The priest of the temple handed out the schedule of the programmes for the day of Rath Yatra which described that on early morning at 5, Darshan at the Jagannathpur main temple starts. At the time of Darshan the left door toward North will be used by the female devotees and the right door by the male devotees for entering the premises of the main temple for the Darshan of the three deities.
In the same manner the door towards South will be used for exit of the devotees. At two in the afternoon the Darshan in the main temple will be closed and the deities will be taken from the main temple and will be placed into the Rath. Till 2:30pm the Shringar pujan of all the deities will be done till 2:30pm.
After that Vishnu lakshacharna Pujan begins which will be carried out till 4:30 pm by more than hundred devotees. From 4:31pm onward the Rath will be rolled and pulled by the devotees and it reaches Mausi Badi at 6:00pm.
One hour special providence will be provided to the woman for the Darshan of the ditties on the Rath. From 7 at the evening the deities from the Rath will be transfer to the Mausi badi .Finally at 8 in the night Mangal Aarti of the deities with special 108 diyas will take place in Mausi badi.