| MONTH |
DAY |
BESHA |
SIGNIFICANCE |
| January |
On the full moon day of Pausa (Pusa Purnima) |
Deva Abhisek or Rajavesa |
Lord appears, like a royal king. |
| February |
any Wednesday or Saturday between the new moon day of Magha and Basanta Panchami. |
Padma Besha |
Only with this Vesha on Ratnavedi, deities go to sleep and on the following day morning after Mangal Alati devotees get chance to see this Vesha. |
| the full moon day of Magha. |
Gaja Uddharan Vesha |
One who enchants before Lord with devotion of mind, he gets rid of his obstacles like elephant from crocodile. |
| March |
From 10th day to the 14th day of bright fortnight day of Phalguna |
Chachari Vesha |
This Vesha symbolizes love, devotion, adornment of beauty and peace |
| On the 15th day (Dola Purnima ) |
Raja vesha |
decorated with finest silk patas, many gold ornaments, and fragrant flowers, sole king of universe and Trilok (Martya, Swarga, and Patala) |
| April |
The 9th day of bright fortnight of Chaitra is observed as Ram Navami means birth day of Lord Sri Rama, |
Rama Raja/ raghunath Vesha. |
birth day of Lord Sri Rama, in-carnation of Lord Jagannath in Tretaya Yuga |
| May |
From 3rd day of bright fortnight of Baisakh till 42 days (during this hard summer) |
Chandanlagi |
To get soothing to his body with cool air, the deities are fanned with a special type of fan known as Alata. |
| June |
On the full moon day of Jaista Purnima (Snan Purnima) |
Gajanana |
In order to appease the desire of Ganapati Bhatta, Lord manifested Himself in the form of Lord Ganesha. |
| July |
On the 11th day of bright fortnight of Asadha, |
Suna besha |
the deities are decorated with gold ornaments on the Chariot during Car- Festival. |
| August |
Jhulana Yatra, the festival of swings falls in this month (Sravana) |
All Veshas such as Banabhoji Vesha, Kaliya Dalana Vesha, Pralambasura Vesha and Krishna Balaram Vesha which connect to the lila of in-carnation of Lord Krishna are held in this month inside the temple on Ratna Vedi |
connected to the lila of in-carnation of Lord Krishna |
| September |
On the 12th day of bright fortnight of Bhadraba, |
Bali bamana |
Lord Jagannath is decorated in such a manner that he looks smaller and dwarf like, which commemorates His 5th incarnation on this earth in which he defied the egoism of king Bali. |
| October |
On 10th day of bright fortnight of Aswin i.e. Vijaya Dasami (Dasehara) |
Raja rajeswar |
On this day he defeated the demon Ravan in Tretaya yuga |
| From 11th day of Aswin, till the 10th bright day of Kartika (November). |
Radha Damodar Vesha |
to celebrate the love of Radha and Srikrishna, during Krishna Avatar. |
| 11th day of Kartika |
Laxmi Narayan |
| 12th day of Kartika |
Banka Chuda Vesha |
| 13th day of Kartika |
Tribikram Vesha |
| 14th day of Kartika |
Laxmi Nrushingha Vesha |
| 15th day of Kartika |
Raja Rajeswar Vesha |
| 16th day of Kartika (when 6th day is celebrated as Pacnhuka) |
Nagarjuna Vesha last celebrated in 2020 |
| November |
On the advent of winter season from 6th day of bright fortnight of Margasira to 5th bright fortnight of Magha |
Ghodalagi |
Ghoda Lagi Vesha means bodies of deities are covered with colour woolen cloth specific for these days to avoid cold. |
| December |
13th, 14th and 15th of dark fortnight of Margasira |
Sradha |
In order to pay homage to His parents (Nanda, Vasudeba and Dasaratha), Lord puts on plain white cloth with a small yellow border to perform Shradha Ceremony |
