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Baripada (bāripadā) is a city and a municipality in Mayurbhanj district in the state
of Odisha,
India. Located along the east bank of the Budhabalanga river,
Baripada is the cultural centre of north Odisha. In recent years, it has
emerged as an educational hub with the opening of numerous professional
colleges.
The temple of Lord
Jagannath at Baripada (Shri Shri Hari Baladev Jew Bije) is universally known as Haribaldev temple. It was built by Shri
Baidyanath Bhanj in 1575 A.D. on the same architectural principles of Kakharua
Baidyanath temple. The temple stands as a symbol of the religious favour of the
Bhanja Rulers of Mayurbhanj and is regarded as the Queen Monad among the
princely states during the pre-merger days.It is made of laterite stone with
exquisite designs engraved in the walls. It has height of 84′-6″. A big
boundary wall encirles the temple which is a replica of that of Lord Jagannath
at Puri. An inscription on the temple wall states that in the year 1497 of the
Saka Era this temple was built by Baidyanath Bhanj. This temple, like the
Kakharua Baidyanath of Manatri is provided with Vimana, Jagamohan and Nata
Mandira and is in a better preserved condition than the latter.Besides the
presiding deities, there are as many as seventeen Bedha deities consecrated in
the temple. The Jagannath temple compound is provided with small cells in which
the images of different religions find place.
Culture and History
Every year Car festival
is celebrated on the day after the day on which Car festival is celebrated at
Puri. The three deities come to the Radhamohan Temple (Mausimaa Mandir) during
car festival which lasts for two days. The speciality of the Baripada Car festival
is that only ladies can pull the chariot of Maa Subhadra.
In India, 1975 is known
as the year of Emergency. But for the car festival in Baripada, the-then
district collector Bibekananda Pattanayak took the initiative to start the
unique tradition in the same year. It may be a coincidence that in 1975, Mrs.
Indira Gandhi was the PM of India and Mrs. Nandini Satpathy was the CM of
Odisha and this year was declared as International Women’s Year, from which,
the women are pulling the chariot of Devi Subhadra, also known as the “Shaktee”
to symbolize the empowerment of the women at Baripada and now-a-days, many
places in India are hosting the Rathyatra, following the tradition of Baripada
by involving the women in pulling the chariots.
The three deities go to
their aunt’s house (Mausi-maa Mandir-Radha Mohan Mandir at Baripada) for nine
days. For these nine days, the three deities eat the delicious sweets in the
aunt’s house and the devotees got their sights in various forms, known as
“Besas”.
Festivals:
Ratha
Yatra or Car festival is the most famous festival at the temple.
The
Ratha Yatra consists of the following schedule in general:
·
Netra Utsav-Ashadha Krushna Amabasya
·
Uvayatra-Ashadha Shukla Pratipada
·
Pahandi (Gundicha at Puri)-Ashadha Shukla
Dwitiya
·
Pulling of Chariots-Ashadha Trutiya &
Chaturthi
·
Bahuda Yatra & Pahandi-Ashadha Shukla
Ekadashi
·
Pulling of Bahuda Chariots-Ashadha Dwadashi
& Trayodasi
Parking
and Photography
Dedicated Parking is available.
Photography is allowed and Drones can be used from a
distance.
How
to Reach:
By
Air: Nearest Airports are Bhubaneshwar (270 KMs) and
Kolkata (240 KMs)
By
Road: Baripada, the district headquaters of Mayurbhanj, on
the junction of NH 5 and 6, is 170 km from Bhubaneswar, 240 from Kolkata and 60
km from Balasore. Carrying own vehicle is absolutely fine
By Train: Nearest railway station is Baripada well connected to the
Balasore (60 km from Baripada)
Timings:
|
Thursday |
6 am–2 pm, 5–9:30 pm |
|
Friday |
6 am–2 pm, 5–9:30 pm |
|
Saturday |
6 am–2 pm, 5–9:30 pm |
|
Sunday |
6 am–2 pm, 5–9:30 pm |
|
Monday |
6 am–2 pm, 5–9:30 pm |
|
Tuesday |
6 am–2 pm, 5–9:30 pm |
|
Wednesday |
6 am–2 pm, 5–9:30 pm |
Stay
Options:
Hotel Durga is located at a very good location and is
very near to both Jwalamukhi Temple and Jagannath Temple and at reasonable
rates too. There are other hotels too.
Jwalamukhi
Temple
Jwalamukhi Temple is one of the 51
Shakti peeths of Goddess Shakti, which is devoted to the “Goddess of Light” or
Goddess Jwalamukhi or the Flaming Mouth. This temple has a burning blue flame
coming out of a rock chamber, which is prayed as a sign of the deity. Though
one of the most sacred Hindu temples, Jwalamukhi temple has a dome made of gold
that was gifted by Akbar, the Mughal Emperor. The best time for tourists to be
there is from beginning of April- middle of October, which is during the
Navratri festival.
Activities/Festivals
The Jwalamukhi fair is held twice a
year during the Navratri of Chaitra and Aswin. The devotees go round the 'Jwala
Kund' in which the sacred fire burns, making their offerings. The 'Gorakh
Tibbi' a centre of the Gorakhpanthi Naths is placed near the Jwala Kund. Folk-dances,
songs, plays, wrestling matches and athletics are some of the important
attractions of the fair. The Jwalamukhi Temple in Kangra becomes the venue for
the major fair.
Timings:
|
Thursday |
6–10 am |
|
Friday |
6–10 am |
|
Saturday |
6–10 am |
|
Sunday |
6–10 am |
|
Monday |
6–10 am |
|
Tuesday |
6–10 am |
|
Wednesday |
6–10 am |
Route
and Stay
Baripada is the ideal location to stay. We stayed at
Hotel Durga very near to the Jagannath Temple and Jwalamukhi Temple. We wee
coming from Uttarapara (Howrah) and covered these two temples on the same day.
