Sri Jagannatha Snan Yatra Festival at Old Dhaka

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Sri Jagannatha Snan Yatra Festival at Old Dhaka

A special bath of Jagannath takes place on the Purnima of Jyestha month (Devasnan Purnima), to commemorate the appearance day of Lord Jagannath. According to Skanda Purana when Raja Indradyumna installed the wooden deities he arranged this bathingceremony. This day considered to be the birth-day of Lord jagannath. Held in the full-moon day of the month of Jyestha this festival is also simultaneously held in all other important Puri, it attracts thousands of visitors and pilgrims from all over the country. (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/NurPhoto)


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