Puri: Ritual program of Puri Shrimandir Parikrama Prakalp between 13-17 January

Puri: The historic Shrimandir Parikrama Prakalp of the famous Lord Jagannath temple in Puri, Odisha will be inaugurated on January 17. Before this huge religious event, observations and rituals have already started. Yesterday Gajapati Maharaj of Puri invited Brahmins and Acharyas. Today Ankur Puja ritual is going on in Puri.

A Mahayagya will be performed for the Shrimandir Heritage Corridor project and the preliminary rituals of the Mahayagya have started. This is called Ankur Puja.

Ankur puja ritual started at around 11 am on Saturday. This will continue till 8 pm.

Tomorrow, Yagya Adhibas (beginning of Yagya), Mandal Sthapana, Flag Sthapana and Toran Sthapana will be performed.

Akhand Deep will be lit at 7 am on January 15 and Panchakarma will be completed by 6 pm. Brahmin Baran and Mandal Puja will be performed by Acharyas.

On January 16, Surja Puja, Dharitri Puja, Gopuja, Sala Prabesha, Panchakarma, Mandalapuja, Pushpanjali, Aarti, Havan and Sankirtan will be performed.

On January 17, the worship and consecration rituals of Shri Mandir Parikrama Prakalp will start at 7 am. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will dedicate this project to the public between 1.15 pm to 1.30 pm. Then between 1.30 pm to 2.00 pm, Gajapati Maharaj will perform the Purnahuti of the Mahayagya.

Later, devotees can go to the Heritage Corridor Road or Parikrama Path after 3 pm.

Security arrangements have been tightened for the inauguration of the project. 44 platoon force has been deployed with 5 level security system.