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The traditional Adhara Pana ritual of Mahaprabhu Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra will be conducted on Monday on the Bada Danda or the Grand Road in Puri.
Observed on Ashadha Shukla Dwadashi, the ritual takes place a day after the Suna Besha and just before Niladri Bije, marking one of the final ceremonies of the annual Rath Yatra.
As part of the ritual, each of the deities seated on their chariots is offered 'Pana', a sweet drink prepared by Mahasuara servitors. The drink is made using milk, banana, chhena (cheese), camphor, nutmeg, black pepper, and water. It is poured into large cylindrical earthen pots and placed...