Snāna Yātrā (2020, online)

Snāna Yātrā will be celebrated at ISKCON Berkeley (New Jagannātha Puri) on Sunday July 19, 2020, at 5 pm. We invite you to join us virtually as we will be streaming the event live through the Facebook page of Satya Meagher. https://www.facebook.com/1273461680/videos/10218972965656458/

Please join us to take ONLINE darshan of bathing Lord Jagannātha, Baladev and Subhadra Devi.

Two weeks before the Ratha-yātrā ceremony, Sri Jagannāth ji, Balabhadra ji and Subhadra ji are brought out of the altar and offered a grand bathing ceremony. The Skanda Purāna mentions that King Indradyumna arranged this ceremony when the Deities were first installed. After the bathing ceremony (snāna-yātrā), Lord Jagannātha apparently becomes sick. He is therefore moved to His private apartment, where no one can see Him until the Ratha-yātrā. Lord Chaitanya used to participate in the Snāna Yātrā festival.