Puri, Nov. 28 -- Lord Jagannath, his elder brother Balabhadra and sister Devi Subhadra are enjoying the warmth of woollen garments as winter sets in at the Sri Jagannath temple.
On Wednesday, servitors began dressing the Trinity with warm clothes. The ritual is popularly called "Ghodalagi" or Odhanasthi.
Three sets of servitors dress deities with headgears made of wool and cotton, velvet blankets used to cover the body and ears to protect them from cold.
As per tradition, the colour of the warm dresses keeps changing on every day of the week in accordance with the ruling star of the day.
Each day of the week, as per the temple astrologer, is ruled by a planet and is identified with a specific colour. Every planet has specific colours.
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