The Grand Fight Between Lord Jagannath And Laxmi
Lord Jagannath keeps on grabbing the attention of his devotees from the beginning till the end of the rituals, of the car festival in Puri Jagannath Temple . But, the most interesting and weird among all these days does shift the eyeballs and bhakti of the devotees from God Jagannath to Maha Laxmi. Now how is that interesting? ‘Hera’ means to ‘see’ and ‘Panchami’ means the ‘fifth day’. It is celebrated at Gundicha temple on the fifth day from the start date of the Car festival. This festival is dedicated to Goddess Mahalaxm i and is also known as a ritual of Goddess Mahalaxmi. Lord Jagannath along with his siblings leaves for a vacation to his aunt’s place and his consort Mahalaxmi is left behind in the main temple. While leaving he had promised that he would return back the next day, but time passed by and he never came back, nor did he give any information. After the 5th Day, Goddess Laxmi became impatient and hence decided to visit the Gundicha ...