Nabakalebar is all about transformation of the temple- Odisha lords into the new body during Jagannath Yatra Puri. The new wooden idols of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadara, Goddess Subhadra and Lord Sudarshan are welcoming to the temple with great celebration and it is a great occasion for the world people. The new idols are carved and old ones are cremated with rituals mentioned in the century old Odia scriptures.
Depend on the almanac positions of Hindu calendar the transformation or the Nabakalebar takes place once in every 12 t 18 years. Usually it is held in that year when the month of Asadha is followed by another Asadha. The previous Nabakalebars were taken place in the years like 1969, 1978 and 1996 and this year Rath Yatra 2015 again all devotees are getting the opportunity to see changing form of lords.
From a religious point of view the temple management and priest have to identify the holy tree with a group of search team as prescribed in the temple records. Here are all the rituals those are necessary as the process of Nabakalebar Puri Rath Yatra.
- The search party for the holy Margo trees should be of 1 member of the Pati Mahapatra family, 20 Dayitapatis, 1 Lenka, 9 Maharanas, 16 Brahmanas, 3 Deulakaranas, 30 Police officers and 2 police inspectors. The procession starts after Puri Kings’ permission.
- Then the procession continues to the gardens of the temple known as Jagannath-Ballabha and starts their journey towards Kakatpur.
- Because it is a belief that only Goddess Bimala or Mangala can only say about the exact location of the holy trees. The Dayitapati will get dream about the different locations of all four deities.
- It is true that on the exact location there should be so many Margo trees, but the team has to choose the specific marking and feature based symptoms on those trees.
- With auspicious time Pati Mahapatra will touch the trees with golden axe and then Dayitapati will touch with a silver axe and the maharana family with iron axe.
- Nobody is allowed to go to see the sculptures for 21 days. The ceremony will take place three days before the car festival
With the forthcoming Nabakalebar at Puri Rath Yatra tour to be held in this year are in the process to be observed in 18 July 2015. Be a part of this Rath Yatra 2015 festival not only to view the new avatar of Lords but also get the chance of reincarnation of your life in a much better way. Integrate your pilgrimage tour with Puri tourism to relax under divine natural spirit.
