Cuttack, Nov 25: Lakhs of devotees broke open the temple door of Baba Dhabaleswar and gained their entry to avail darshan of the Lord by themselves early on Saturday morning on occasion of Bada Osha.
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However, the priests and servitors yesterday had closed the main doors of the temple and sat on a dharna. As a result, thousands of devotees, who were standing in the queue since morning, was unable go inside to have darshan.
With no headway after several rounds of talks with the administration, the servitors kept the door closed even on Bada Osha today. Following which, the devotees grew impatient and broke open the door to gain entry into the temple.
Bada Osa falls usually on the third day of Panchuka or Panchaka (the last five days of the holy Odia month of Karthik). Every year during the Panchuka, devotees throng to their nearby Lord Shiva shrine for Lord’s darshan. Gajabhog and Tarana are the most favourite prasad of the Lord is prepared by the priests’ community. Gajabhog and Tarana are distributed among the devotees across the state.
Gaja Bhoga Looks Like white rasagolla, and this sweet dish is related to the Lord Name Dhabaleswar Baba, in Odisha Dhabala means white. First, the prasad offer to Lord Shiva and distribute to devotees. Lakhs of devotees come to the Dhabaleswar temple and every Lord Shiva temple. According to Padma Purana, Lord Indra had prayed to Lord Dhabaleswar and taken a holy dip in the Mahanadi on the Kartika Purnima for a reprieve from the curse of Lord Brahma.
