Damanaka Chaturdasi

Swateek Jena
Jai Jagannath
Published in
Jul 20, 2021

On the 13th and 14th day of the bright fortnight in the month of Chaitra (April), the Damanaka Chori Festival is observed.

Damanaka Chaturdasi

On this occasion the deities, Rama and Krushna march in a procession to the flower garden, called JagannathVallabha Matha from where they steal the tender leaves of the Dayana. The next day, these leaves are offered to deities in great solemnity.

References:

  1. http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2016/July/engpdf/83-85.pdf

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