Lord Jagannath, who went to his aunt’s house Shri Gundicha Temple, along with his elder brother Balabhadra and sister Devi Subhadra left for a ‘Bahuda Yatra’ to return. In the return journey, thousands of devotees pulled the chariot of Lord Balabhadra’s ‘Taldhwaj’ after ‘Phandi’ and Gajapati Maharaja Divya Singh Deb performed the ‘Chhera Pohra’ (Buhara) ritual.
But do you know that during this journey, the wheel of the chariot of God also breaks and it breaks it herself mother Lakshmi. Let’s understand in detail about this interesting story
God visits the city with brother and sister
During the Rath Yatra, the idols of Lord Jagannath, Bhai Balabhadra and sister Subhadra are seated in the chariot. During this time Lord Jagannath takes the form of ten incarnations. At this time, their behavior is like normal humans. Lord Jagannath becomes ill after eating good dishes in aunt’s house. Then the diet is offered here, so that the God is cured soon.
Mother Lakshmi breaks the wheel in anger
On the third day of the Rath Yatra, on Panchami, Lakshmi ji comes here to find Lord Jagannath. Then Dvaitapati closes the door, then she gets angry and breaks a wheel of Lord Jagannath’s Nandighosh chariot, so that they cannot go back. After this, hera returns to a locality of Hera Gohiri Sahi Puri where there is a temple of Lakshmi ji. Later Lord Jagannath goes to celebrate Lakshmi ji. They try to please them by apologizing and giving them a variety of gifts.
The tradition of crying and furore has been going on for years
During this time, Lord Jagannath offers many precious things and sweets to Goddess Lakshmi, which are especially in Rasgullas. After a lot of effort, Goddess Lakshmi agrees and keeps this condition, there should be no such mistake from further. In this way, the tradition of this furore has been going on for years. This tradition is called Hera Panchami. In this event, on the one hand, Dvityadhipati speaks dialogues in the role of Lord Jagannath and on the other hand Devdasi communicates in the role of Lakshmi ji.