| Snana Yatra | |
|---|---|
 Snana Yatra at Puri Srimandira in 2022 | |
| Official name | Snana Yatra |
| Also called | Snana Purnima |
| Observed by | Odia People |
| Significance | Birthday of Lord Jagannath |
| Date | Jyestha Purnima |
| 2023 date | 4 June (Sunday) |
| 2024 date | 22 June (Saturday) |
The Snana Yatra (Odia: ସ୍ନାନ ଯାତ୍ରା), also spelt Snana Jatra, is a bathing festival of deities celebrated on the purnima (full moon day) of the Hindu month of Jyeshtha.[1][2] It is the auspicious birthday of Jagannath.
It is an important festival for Hindus. This is the first occasion in the year as per the Hindu calendar, when the deities Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra, Sudarshana, and Madanmohana are brought out from the Jagannath Temple (Puri) and taken in a procession to the Snana Bedi. There they are ceremonially bathed and decorated for a public audience with the devotees.[3]
- ^ "Lavish bath before sickroom stay". telegraphindia.com. 2013. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
The festival is observed on the full moon day of the Odia month of Jyestha
- ^ Chakraborty, Yogabrata (28 June 2023). "পুরীধাম ও জগন্নাথদেবের ব্রহ্মরূপ বৃত্তান্ত" [Puridham and the tale of lord Jagannath's legendary 'Bramharup']. dainikstatesmannews.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Dainik Statesman (The Statesman Group). p. 4. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ The official website of the Puri Jagannath temple [1] Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine.