Odisha: Million devotees witness ‘Suna Besha’ of holy trinity in golden glory

By Express News Service

PURI:  One million devotees thronged Puri on Sunday to witness the ‘Suna Besha’ of the Holy Trinity.
Amidst five-layer safety, two large streams of devotees had been seen on the Grand Road. While one headed in direction of chariots, one other returned after witnessing the resplendent apparel of the deities on their three chariots close to Simhadwar of the Shri Jagannath Temple. Though ‘Suna Besha’ is noticed contained in the temple 4 instances a 12 months, that is held solely as soon as exterior the shrine and on the chariots throughout Rath Yatra.

Under an overcast sky with excessive humidity, pilgrims made a beeline on ‘Bada Danda’ to catch a glimpse of the deities of their spectacular apparel of gold. After the providing ‘Sakal Dhupa,’ the method for Suna Besha started. The jewelry was drawn from the temple treasury and handed over to the dressers involved of the deities on three chariots amidst tight safety. 

Three separate units of dressers concurrently started fixing the gold attires and ornaments on the deities. It began at about 4 pm and the ‘Besha’ was accomplished by 5 pm. The ‘darshan’ continued until 11 pm.  Ornaments of varied varieties and types measuring about 100 kg had been used to brighten the deities in full gold. The ornaments included large limbs like toes, fingers and insignias like mace, lotus, wheel and conch, chandra (moon) and Surya (solar). The large gold tiaras apart from quite a lot of giant gem-studded necklaces like Haridamali, Odiani, Jhumpa and different garlands had been used within the ‘Suna Besha’. The deities wore huge “kundalas” (earrings) apart from chest guards, all product of gold. 

Since early within the morning, hundreds of devotees poured into the town and their circulation elevated with each passing hour. They needed to stroll a minimum of 7 km in each route to succeed in the Simhadwar. The administration had banned all automobiles to Grand Road and closed entry factors whereas permitting devotees from Municipal Market sq. to stroll via the 1 km lengthy entry barricades.

However, residents, notably these residing alongside ‘Bada Danda’ had been peeved on the preparations which compelled them to succeed in their homes taking circuitous routes solely to reach on the identical place with no entry instruction.

Grand apparel 
Ornaments of varied varieties and types measuring about 100 kg had been used to brighten the deities in full gold