Hera Panchami 2025: Goddess Laxmi’s divine protest during Rath Yatra

Hera Panchami: When Separation Pangs Took Goddess Lakshmi To Gundicha Temple

Puri: It has been four days since Lord Jagannath and his siblings embarked on their annual sojourn to Shree Gundicha Temple in Odisha’s Puri. Unable to bear the pangs of separation, Goddess Lakshmi on this day visits Gundichabadi in a beautifully palanquin carried by the servitors but is unable to see Him. Instead, the Pati Mahapatra offers an ‘Agyan Mala’ (a consent garland) on behalf of Lord Jagannath, assuring her that he will return to the m…

Hera Panchami 2025: Goddess Laxmi’s divine protest during Rath Yatra

Puri, Jul 1: The much-awaited Hera Panchami festival, a key ritual of the Rath Yatra, will take place today in Puri, marking an important and unique moment in the grand procession. This special event revolves around Goddess Laxmi's divine display of anger, where she symbolically damages the Nandighosh, Lord Jagannath’s chariot, after being left behind during the annual Rath Yatra. Taking place on the fifth day of the Rath Yatra, Hera Panchami ho…