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The Odisha government had also last year referred to the religious tradition of how Lord Jagannath self-isolates himself in a quarantine room before the annual Rath Yatra to follow the Covid norms.
The world famous Rath Yatra in Puri, OdishaRathyatraWho doesn’t know about This Rath Yatra will start after a fortnight from today. On Wednesday, a day after bathing in 108 pitchers of water on Tuesday, Lord Balabhadra, Goddess Subhadra and Lord Jagannath (Bhagwan Jagannath) Stay in their temple, because according to tradition they fall ill. Researchers of Jagannath Culture Bhaskar Mishra According to reports, all three live in solitude for a fortnight. No one is allowed inside the temples except the Daitapati servants, where the Lord rests after falling ill.
According to Bhaskar Mishra, Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra have been kept in seclusion in a room called Anasar Ghar after falling ill. He is being treated with herbs, flowers and root extracts on the instructions of the Raj Vaidya of the palace. They say that the three gods and goddesses are treated in the same way as a human being is treated when he falls ill.
One thing to note here is that even God will stay in the ‘Anasar Ghar’ for 14 days in quarantine. You will remember when the rule of 14-day quarantine i.e. self-isolation was made at the beginning of the corona epidemic, then people wondered why only 14 days were fixed for the quarantine. Later, doctors and experts had told how it is necessary to break the cycle of infectious diseases and for this a 14-day quarantine period is important.
Quarantine room for God too
Quarantine means to restrict the movement of the infected so that the infection does not spread to others. It is said that even God had followed these rules. This tradition is still followed in the Jagannath temple of Odisha. According to Bhaskar Mishra, researcher of Jagannath culture, this practice is prevalent in Lord Jagannath temple since ancient times. During the second wave of Corona, the Odisha government also mentioned this religious tradition to follow the COVID norms, how Lord Jagannath isolates himself in the Quarantine Room before the annual Rath Yatra. This quarantine room is called Anasar Ghar.
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