Overview
- The Snana Yatra ceremony took place on June 29 when the wooden idols of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra were carried out in the morning Pahandi procession and ceremonially bathed on the Snana Mandap.
- Priests poured 108 sanctified pitchers of water drawn from the temple’s Sunakua for the ablution, and the deities were later dressed in the traditional Gaja/Hati Besha before being moved into the Anasara/Anavasara isolation.
- Temple and state authorities deployed large security and support operations, with police platoons, specialised units, rooftop surveillance and an Integrated Command and Control Centre to manage lakhs of devotees and provide medical and crowd‑management services.
- Public darshan at the Jagannath Temple is suspended for about 14–15 days while appointed servitors and Raj Vaidyas administer herbal treatments, with the idols scheduled to reappear for Netrotsav immediately before the Rath Yatra.
- The Snana Yatra sequence was observed at other Jagannath centres and ISKCON temples and prompted ongoing Rath Yatra preparations, with officials reporting only minor heat‑related illnesses and a brief barricade breach that was contained.