HAPPY RATH YATRA N SWEET MORNING.... Story about origin of Puri Rath Yatra ************************************************* The festival has been celebrated since ancient times and there are several stories associated with its origins. Story 1: It is said that Once Lord Jagannatha expressed his desire to visit his birthplace every year for a week. Therefore, the deities are taken to the Gundicha Mandir every year. Story 2: Subhadra wanted to visit Dwarka, her parent’s home, and her brothers took her there on this day. Rath Yatra is a celebration of that visit. Story 3: Kamsa, the maternal uncle of Lord Krishna, invited Krishna and Balram to Mathura with the intention of killing them. The evil Kamsa sent Akrur with a chariot to Gokul. Lord Krishna and Balram climbed onto the chariot, departed from Gopis and proceed to Mathura. This day of departure is celebrated as Rath Yatra. Story 4: This day is also celebrated in the honour of Lord Krishna becoming the Sarathi – driver of Arjuna’s chariot, during the eighteen-day battle of the Mahabharata. Story 5: Shri Krishna was cremated in Dwarka. To overcome with grief of beloved brother Krishna, Balaram dashed into the ocean with Shri Krishna’s partially cremated body. Subhadra too, followed both the brothers. At the same time, on the eastern shore of India, King of Puri -Indradyumna had a dream that the Lord’s body would float up to the shores of Puri. He should build a huge mandir in the city and make wooden idols of Shri Krishna, Balaram and Subhadra. The bones (asthi) of Lord Krishna’s body should be placed in the hollow in the back of the murti. The dream came true. He found the splinters of bone (asthi) and took them. God of architect – Vishwakarma – arrived as an old carpenter and started making the idols. He specified that while carving the murtis nobody should disturb him and if anybody did, he would stop work and leave. After few months King Indradyumna become impatience and opened the door of Vishwakarma’s room. Lord Vishwakarma vanished instantly as he had stipulated. The King then placed incomplete idols in the temple. Every year a grand procession of Rath Yatra is celebrated with these idols. The murtis are changed every twelve or ninteen years which is called Navakalebar; the next Navakalebar is in 2015.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 03:52:09 +0000
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