⚫❗⚫“From a million leagues away, the elephant called out, O King of Gods! With your four arms, You leaned in and heard his desperate cry.” Today is the holy Magha Purnima. According to tradition, every year on Magha Purnima, the Gaja Uddharana Besha of the deities stationed on the Ratna Singhasana (the Golden Throne) is held in the […]
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The Gaja Uddharana Besha (The Elephant Rescue Costume) of Lord Jagannath is observed on the day of Magha Purnima (the full moon day of the Hindu month of Magha). This ritual commemorates the event when Lord Jagannath rescued an elephant from the clutches of a crocodile. There is a legendary mythological story behind this Besha. In his previous birth, […]




