DIVINE ADORNMENTS OR VESHA OF LORD JAGANNATH ( LORD OF THE UNIVERSE )
The three deities ( Lord Jagannath , Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra ) are dressed with clothings , robes etc. called vastra singhara ,
with flowers and floral designs called puspa singhara and with various ornaments called alankara singhara . In their daily vesha different
colored silks are used . Red , creamy with black spots , silk with five colors , sky blue silk , yellow silk , white silk and violet colored silken robes are offered to the deities respectively from Sunday to Saturday .
The deities remain anointed with sandalwood paste during the Chandan Yatra . During the Snana Purnima they appear like Ganesha with elephant make up . On scheduled days the deities appear in Padma Vesha , Suna Vesha or Bada Tadhua Vesha and also on the Vijay Dashami , Kartika Purnima , Dola Purnima and Pousa Purnima . Banabhoji Vesha ( being dressed as a cowherd boy as that of Gopa- Krishna ) is observed on the Bhadra krushna dashami , Kaliyadalana Vesha ( Bhadra Krushna ekadasi ) , Pralambasuravadha Vesha ( the day following ) ; Krushna-Balarama Vesha ( the day following the previous Vesha ) , Vamana Vesha ( Bhadra Shukla dwadashi ) , Raja Vesha ( on Dashahara ) , Radha-Damodara Vesha ( from Aswina Shukla ekadashi to Kartika Shukla dashami ) , Harihara Vesha where Balabhadra looks half Vishnu and half Shiva , Laxmi-Narayan Vesha or Thiakia Vesha ( Kartika shukla ekadashi ) , Bankachuda Vesha
( the day following the previous ) , Adakia Vesha ( the day following the previous ) . Dalikia Vesha ( the day following ) . Nagarjuna Vesha
( when Panchaka observance in the month of Kartika exceeds five days ) , Rajarajeswara Vesha ( on Kartika Purnima ) , Ghodalagi Vesha
( putting on winter clothings ) , Shraddha Vesha ( during Deva Deepavali for 3 days ) , Chacheri Vesha ( sporting in phagu in Phalguna
from shukla dashami except chaturdasi - 5 days ) , Gaja Uddharana Vesha ( Magha Purnima ) and Raghunatha Vesha .
There are other Veshas too total numbering thirtytwo , but the above mentioned are important ones .
with flowers and floral designs called puspa singhara and with various ornaments called alankara singhara . In their daily vesha different
colored silks are used . Red , creamy with black spots , silk with five colors , sky blue silk , yellow silk , white silk and violet colored silken robes are offered to the deities respectively from Sunday to Saturday .
The deities remain anointed with sandalwood paste during the Chandan Yatra . During the Snana Purnima they appear like Ganesha with elephant make up . On scheduled days the deities appear in Padma Vesha , Suna Vesha or Bada Tadhua Vesha and also on the Vijay Dashami , Kartika Purnima , Dola Purnima and Pousa Purnima . Banabhoji Vesha ( being dressed as a cowherd boy as that of Gopa- Krishna ) is observed on the Bhadra krushna dashami , Kaliyadalana Vesha ( Bhadra Krushna ekadasi ) , Pralambasuravadha Vesha ( the day following ) ; Krushna-Balarama Vesha ( the day following the previous Vesha ) , Vamana Vesha ( Bhadra Shukla dwadashi ) , Raja Vesha ( on Dashahara ) , Radha-Damodara Vesha ( from Aswina Shukla ekadashi to Kartika Shukla dashami ) , Harihara Vesha where Balabhadra looks half Vishnu and half Shiva , Laxmi-Narayan Vesha or Thiakia Vesha ( Kartika shukla ekadashi ) , Bankachuda Vesha
( the day following the previous ) , Adakia Vesha ( the day following the previous ) . Dalikia Vesha ( the day following ) . Nagarjuna Vesha
( when Panchaka observance in the month of Kartika exceeds five days ) , Rajarajeswara Vesha ( on Kartika Purnima ) , Ghodalagi Vesha
( putting on winter clothings ) , Shraddha Vesha ( during Deva Deepavali for 3 days ) , Chacheri Vesha ( sporting in phagu in Phalguna
from shukla dashami except chaturdasi - 5 days ) , Gaja Uddharana Vesha ( Magha Purnima ) and Raghunatha Vesha .
There are other Veshas too total numbering thirtytwo , but the above mentioned are important ones .
