Puri, July 19: Marking an end to the nine-day sojourn of Lord Jagannath and his siblings, the Niladri Bije ritual, which signifies the return of the Holy Trinity to the sanctum sanctorum of Shree Jagannath Temple, will be held on Friday.
The ritual would begin after the traditional offering of Rasagolla by Lord Jagannath to Goddess Laxmi to woo her to give permission for him to enter the Srimandir after a nine-day sojourn in the Adapa Mandap in the Shri Gundicha Temple.
Worth mentioning, the Adhara Pana ritual had already been performed yesterday in which the temple servitors offered the drink in the pitchers to the lords, and soon after the earthen pots were broken on the chariots to liberate the souls, spirits, and other invisible beings residing in the chariots.
