Snana Yatra
The day Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Subhadra are bathed at Puri.
Gregorian date
4 June 2027
Friday
Tithi
Shukla Purnima
Jyeshtha (May – June)
Duration
single-day
Regional emphasis
Odisha
Also known as
Deba Snana Purnima · Bathing Festival
Significance
On Jyeshtha Purnima, the deities of the Jagannath Temple in Puri are brought out and bathed with 108 pots of water. After this, the deities fall "ill" for 15 days (Anasara) and then emerge for the Rath Yatra. The first major event of the Puri festival season.
What happens on the day
- •Witness the Snana Yatra at Puri (or any Jagannath temple)
- •Public viewing of the deities (Mahasnana Darshan)
- •Pour 108 pots of fragrant water on the deities
- •Hathi Vesha — Jagannath dressed as Ganesha after the bath
About the month of Jyeshthaज्येष्ठ
Pre-monsoon heat. Hosts Vat Savitri (married women fast for husbands' longevity) and Ganga Dussehra (descent of Ganga to earth).
More festivals in Jyeshtha
Vat Savitri
4 June 2027 · Shukla Purnima
Married women fast for their husbands' longevity.
Ganga Dussehra
13 June 2027 · Shukla Dashami
The day Ganga descended from heaven to earth.
Raja Parba
15 June 2027 · Sun enters Gemini (solar — three-day festival starting Pahili Raja)
Odisha's 3-day festival of womanhood and the Earth's menstruation.
Ambubachi Mela
22 June 2027 · Mithuna Sankranti + 7 (solar; ~3rd day of Mithuna)
The annual menstruation of Goddess Kamakhya — Tantric pilgrimage at Guwahati.