Suna Besha of Lord Jagannath 2016

Suna Besha of Lord Jagannath Observed five times during a year. Specially the Golden besha happened on "Bijaya Dashami" Means Dusshera in the month of October, "Kartik Purnima" in the month of November,and "Pausa Purnima" in the month of December, "Magha Purnima" in the month of January finally on  Asadha Ekadashi in the month of July at the time of Rath Yatra. The Golden or suna Besha  observed on the chariot(Rath) in front of Lord Jagannath Temple, and the other four Golden Besha are happened in the temple which is called "Ratana Singhasana".The three Gods are decorated with different types of gold ornaments during swarna Besha and wear the traditional Khandua Silk saree. 

Suna Besha.

 Suna Besha and Hala Nisedha.

Suna Besha or golden attire of Lord Jagannath. Suna Besha is observed five times during a year.

  First day fall on: Pousa Purnima(December)  

  Second day:        Dola Purnima(March)

  Third day:           Bahuda Ekadashi(July)

  Fourth day:         Karthik Purnima(November)

and Fiveth day:     Dasahara(October).

The last Besha is observed during Rath Yatra on the chariot in front of Temple after returning from Gundicha Temple, other four Besha observed inside temple on Ratna Singhasana. On the day of Bada Ekadasi.

This Besha has been observed since 1232.The king of Anaga Vima Dev in established. The Gods are decorated with various gold ornaments  during Suna Besha. The totla weight of the golden ornaments are more than two quintal or 208 kg. 

Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Goddess Subhdra wore golden crown, golden peocock father, golden necklace and many other ornaments.The devotees started the Darshan of the deities at around 5 PM and continued all night. The Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Goddess Subhdra wear the yellow color traditional silk pata saree.