Mahesh Lord Jagannath Development Trust

Mahesh Lord Jagannath Temple

A Baidyabati devotee once presented a ratha to the Mahesh Jagannath Temple. Krishnaram Basu, the grandfather of Sri Ramakrishna's famous disciple Balarama Basu, contributed another Ratha in 1797. In 1835, his son Guruprasad Basu revived the Ratha. After a few years, Dewan Krishnachandra Basu purchased an iron-chariot from Martin Burn Company in 1885, and the Ratha is no longer in existence.&nbsp;
The narrative of the Mahesh Jagannath temple is fascinating. According to one tradition, a Bengali sadhu named Drubananda Brahmachari was once refused the opportunity to serve Lord Jagannath 'bhog' (meal offerings). Dejected, the sage fasted until death. On the third day, Jagannath appeared to him in his dreams and instructed him to create idols of Balarama, Jagannath, and Subhadra out of daru-brahma (neem trunk). The lord also desired 'bhog' from his follower. The sage then returned to Mahesh to create the idols out of the daru-brahma he discovered one night.
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Mahesh is the world's second largest Rath Yatra after Puri in terms of age and scale, with its festival and fair drawing crowds in excess of two lakh people every year. While parallels to Puri are unavoidable, the Rath Yatra in Mahesh is distinct in many respects. To begin with, the 'rath' (chariot) at Mahesh is 50 feet, hence taller than the rath at Puri. At Puri, Lord Jagannath's chariot stands 45 feet tall, Lord Balabhadra's stands 43 feet, and Ma Subhadra's at 42 feet. The Rath weights 125 tonnes and is towed by massive Manila ropes. It features four levels and twelve wheels to represent the twelve months. It also has 96 pairs of eyes drawn on it, symbolising the eyes of Lord Jagannath.
The Chaitanyaleela is shown on the first floor of the Rath, while the Krishnaleela and Ramleela are depicted on the second and third stories, respectively. Jagannath is sworn in as King a day before the Rath Yatra. On the festival day, the Jagannath idol is put on the Rath's top floor. Balaram and Subhadra's idols are also housed in the Rath. A Nilakantha bird is brought and placed in the chariot's uppermost shikhara. The parade begins as the bird flies away.

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This colossal rat is led on a wild rampage through populated streets while being closely monitored by the cops. A mela (fair) is held every eight days between rath an ulto and rath. It includes mary go around and circus displays. Household objects and antiquities are sold from makeshift booths. Finally, there are food vendors serving papad bhaja and hot jilibis. However, the age-old melas are also evolving, with chowmeins and egg rolls being the most popular food items and stunt bike rides being the new source of entertainment.

Mahesh Jagannath temple is the 2nd largest Jagannath temple in the world, which was established on 1396 AD. Drubananda Brahmachari, a great Bengali sage of fourteenth century made the Idols of the Holy Trinity;Balarama, Subhadra and Jagannath and established a small Temple. Later he handed over the responsibility of the deities to Sri Kamalakara and then died.Since then Kamalakar Pippalai began worshipping the deities of Lord Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra maharani here at Mahesh. 

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