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1. Debasnana Purnima is one of the biggest festivals in the
culture of Odisha for the year
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Significance

2. Snana Mandap measures 75 feet in length and is at such a
height that devotees standing
outside the temple can get a clear view of the deities.
The Snana Mandap

3. Then 108 pots of water are made intensely fragrant with
the addition of sandalwood paste, camphor, saffron
and areca nut (gua)
The Fragrant Water of 108 Pots

4. After the Dhaadi Pahandi (seating the idols one after the
other) of the deities, “perspiration” is
wiped off the idols faces with camphor water.
At the Place of the Deities

5. Then after that, the deities are adorned in elephant attires
as a part of Hati Besha.

6. Snana Purnima is the only time of the year when people,
irrespective of their religion can get a glimpse of the
holy trinity.

7. The illness
After Deba Snana, the deities return to Anabasara Pindi
where they convalesce on falling sick and are unavailable for
darshan to the devotees for the next 15 days.

8. The Treatment
The illness of the deities is tended to with the Anasara Pana
(a concoction made from forest products) whipped up by
Daitapatis.

9. The New Look
Due to the washing out of Colors after bathing, they are again
painted and dressed on the 16th day and be ready for the
Grand – Ratha Yatra