24 Besha of Lord Jagannath: Jai Jagannath. Check out the Photostory on “Shri Jagannath Vesha Vaisistya”. According to the great Hindu culture, God and Goddess take Incarnations as humans for the betterment of mankind. Lord Jagannath also takes birth as a Human, takes part in various events of life as well as festivals, follows the rules of life…………………….. All the rituals followed at Lord Jagannath temple are interesting and every ritual has its own essence.
But the most interesting thing to know about the great Jagannath cultures is Lord’s different incarnations or Beshas. Like the way a human dresses differently for different occasions, Lord Jagannath the God of the Universe also dresses up in 24 different Beshas or incarnation apart from the regular Besha.
24 Besha of Lord Jagannath
BADASINGHARA BESA
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SUNA BESA
RAGHUNATH BESA
BAMANA BESA
RADHA DAMODAR BESA
PRALAMBASURA BADHA BESA
PADMA BESA
KRUSHNA BALARAM BESA
KALIA DALANA BESA
GHODA LAGI BESA
GAJANANA BESA
DALIKIA (LAXMI NURSINGHA) BESA
CHANDANA LAGI BESA
CHACHERI BESA
BANKACHUDA BESA
BANABHOJI BESA
ABAKASHA BESA
SRADHA BESA
NABANKA BESA
ADIKIA – TRIVIKRAM BESA
RAJA RAJESWARI BESA
NAGARJUNA BESA
GAJA UDDHARANA BESA
Disciples of the Lord, come from different parts of the globe to have a glimpse of the Lord on these special occasions. As photography is restricted inside the premises of Shri Mandir, all the Beshas are painted by eminent artists by Devi Plus. Readers can get books in Odia, Hindi, and English.
We were fortunate and blessed to get a copy of the book at a Book Fair and couldn’t stop ourselves from sharing with all our readers. If you wish to get a copy of the book you can contact the publishers.
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