Raipur- Bahuda Yatra was celebrated at the biggest Jagannath Temple in Chhattisgarh at Gayatri Nagar in Raipur amidst pious atmosphere and spiritual fervour. Special religious rituals were performed before the four deities stationed at Adap Mandap inside the Aunt’s house till afternoon to mark the solemn occasion . At around 5.00 pm, the Gods and Goddess were taken in Dhadi Pahandi procession to the elegantly decorated three chariots standing in front of the temple. Chief Guest Speaker Of Chhatishgarh Assembly Dr Raman Singh did the traditional sweeping of the chariot called the Chherra Pahanra during the Bahuda Yatra. Other Distinguished Guests present were former Speaker Gouri Shankar Agrawal, Senior BJP Leader and Chairman, CGBOCW Ram Pratap Singh, BjP’s General Secretary Organisation Pawan Sai, Minister Laxmi Rajwade, BJP's District President Ramesh Singh Thakur, Guruji from Kumna Pandit Sadan Tiwari, BJP leaders Dr Varnika Sharma, Kiran Sahu and Chairman of State Women’s Commission Dr Mamata Sahu. The Founder of the Temple and local MLA Purandar Mishra helped them to conduct the Chherra Pahanra .
Around early in the evening the long awaited return journey of Lord of the Universe commenced. The juggernaut started rolling amidst the Slogans of ‘Hari Bol’, ‘Jai Jagannath’, playing of Musical instruments like Ghanta, Kartala, Mardala, Jhanja, Mrudunga and singing of Soul soothing Kirtans and Bhajans by devotees. Travelling through the outskirt of the Temple compound the chariots were pulled back to the Grand Road infront of the main temple at around 7pm. An enraged Goddess Laxmi blocked the entrance of Lord Jagannath to enter into the Temple because she was not invited to accompany the Siblings during the Rath Yatra. Lord Jagannath immediately took stock of the situation and offered Delicious Rasagolla to the Goddess to Cajole her. Then she was pacified and granted permission to the deities to get in. This Episode was enacted during the occasion in the Temple premises. The Idols were then taken inside the Temple by the servitors and devotees performing Dhadi Pahandi and placed on the Sanctum Santorum at around 8.30 p.m.
This year’s Bahuda Yatra was well organised and smoothly conducted under the able and active guidance of the custodians of the Temple Management Committee consisting of President Purandar Mishra, Members Manmath Kumar Raut, Subrat Sahoo, Subhaash Agrawal, Gopal Agrawal, Dwarikadheesh Mishra, Gunanidhi Mishra, Prakash Das, Ashok Dubey, Lalit Pradhan, Piyush Mishra, Saurabh Mishra and Ajay Dewta.
All BJP leaders and workers of Raipur City North constituency including women, youth and corporators have helped and co-operated for the overwhelming success of Bahuda Yatra.
