Puri: Suna Besha Of Holy Trinity Today

Puri: Suna Besha is considered as one of the most spectacular rituals of Rath Yatra as on this auspicious day the Holy Trinity—Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath— gives darshan to millions of devotees embellished with golden attires. The Suna Besha is also called the Rajadhiraja Besha.

Suna Besha ritual though is held several times inside Puri temple, it is on the day after Bahuda Yatra that the deities adorn the golden attire atop their respective chariots outside the temple.

The deities will adorn nearly 138 kinds of gold ornaments including kiriti, sribhuja, sripahara, kundala, baghadamali, ghagera, kadambamali among others.

The rituals and timings for the Lord’s Suna Besha released by the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) are as below.

Beshasesa                                  9.00 am

Gopalballav                              10.00 am to 10.30 am

Sakaladhoopa                          11.00 am to 12.00 noon

Mailam                                      12.30 pm

Mahasnana                               1.00 pm

Beshasesa                                 1.30 pm

Madhyahna Dhoopa                2.00 pm to 3.00 pm

Mailam                                     3.30 pm

Sandhya Alati                           4.00 pm

Ekadashi Sarbanga                  4.30 pm

Suna Besha                              5.00 pm to 6.30 pm

Sandhya Dhoopa                     8.00 pm to 9 pm

Mahadeepa                             9.15 pm

Suna Besha Mailam                10.00 pm to 11.00 pm

Chandanlagi                           11.30 pm

Badasinghar Besha                 12.00 midnight