57. Daily Dresses of Lord Jagannath

Daily Dresses of Lord Jagannath:

Simply by seeing Lord Jagannath once, one gets the benefit of seeing all the Lord's 10 incarnations.

1. Cemedi Vesa:

Every morning for mangal arati, Lord Jagannath is dressed in a cotton sari. This is called His cemedi vesa.

2. Tadapa or Abakasa Vesa:

For taking His morning bath, Lord Jagannath is dressed in a 16' long by 4' wide orange and white cotton cloth. This is called tadapa vesa.

3. Utari Vesa:

Utari means cadar, or wrapper. After His morning darsana, Lord Jagannath wears a 24" long silk cloth as a cadar.

4. Bada Sringara Vesa:

Every evening at about 10:00 PM., before Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra are put to rest, They are dressed in Their Bada Sringara vesa; Bada means great, and Sringara refers to the conjugal love of the gopis and RƤdhƤrāni for Krsna. The pandas consider that at this time every evening the gopis and Radha come to see Jagannath. The Bada Sringara vesa consists of Gita-govindam Khandua and 8 floral ornaments. The Gita-govindam khandua are 12 foot long red silk cloths which are wrapped over each deity's head. On these cloths are written lines from Jayadeva Gosvāmi's Gita-govinda. Gita- govinda is very dear to Lord Jagannath, so every evening it is recited for His pleasure, and He is dressed with the GitƤ-govindam khandua.

The eight floral ornaments are:

Candrika with alaka panti-An alaka or forehead decoration made entirely of flowers.

Pushpa tilaka-A flower garland tilaka sign on Lord Jagannath's head.

Karapallaba-Made from fragrant dayana leaf and varieties of flowers, these are decorations representing the Lord's hands and five fingers.

Makara Kundala - Flower earrings shaped like sharks.

Padaka-Round or heart shaped, about 18 inches in diameter, this decoration covers Lord Jagannath's heart.

Guna and Jhumpa - Nose decorations made from flowers

Pushpa mala - Lord Jagannath is dressed with many flower garlands, each about 12 feet long, stretching from arm to arm.

Tulasi mala-Lord Jagannath wears a crown of tulasi garlands which are wrapped in pieces of bamboo and tied together.








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