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𝑵𝑰𝑳𝑨𝑫𝑹𝑰 𝑩𝑰𝑱𝑬 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑹𝑨𝑺𝑮𝑼𝑳𝑳𝑨 𝑫𝑨𝒀
𝑨 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒂𝒔𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒂

🚩Among all the rituals of Jagannath Rath Yatra of Puri, the most interesting one seems to be Niladri Bije.

🚩‘𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢’ suggests Jagannath Mahaprabhu and ‘𝐁𝐢𝐣𝐞’ means to enter. This is really interesting as it is all about the continuation of the fight between Shri Jagannath and Goddess Laxmi.

🚩Niladri Bije is the ceremony of Shri Jagannath’s return with His siblings from the Raths to the main temple in Goti Pahandi. 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢 is the procession of the Trinity from the chariots to Ratna Singhasana.

🚩Shri Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra enter the Temple after they return from the vacation, but Goddess Lakshmi did not allow Shri Jagannath to enter the temple. A fight happens between Shri Jagannath and Maa Laxmi in front of the temple.

🚩Goddess Laxmi was angry with Him; as He did not take Her along for the vacation to His aunt’s place. He had also closed the door when the Goddess had come to meet Him. Thus an angry Laxmi Devi didn’t want Him to enter the Puri temple as He had disrespected Her.

🚩Even after a lot of requests, Shri Jagannath was not allowed to enter the Jagannath Mandir premises. After He offered Rasgulla to Goddess Laxmi; an Odiya sweet made of curd cheese, She calmed down and accepted His apology and allowed Him to enter the Puri temple.

🚩𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐢𝐣𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚. Before entering the temple, the Trinity would be offered ‘Rasagola’ bhog on the chariots.

🚩With Niladri Bije (homecoming of the deities), the annual Rath Yatra of the deities comes to an end and the Deities give Darshan to the devotees in the main temple.

#𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒