Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Bata Mangala Temple, Puri, Odisha

Bata Mangala Temple, Puri, Odisha
Bata Mangala Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Goddess Mangala, located at the outskirts of Puri, a famous pilgrimage town in the state of Odisha, India. The temple is revered by devotees on the way to the nearby Jagannath Temple. It is customary that devotees pray in this temple before they proceed to the Jagannath Temple. The Temple is located at about 2.5 Kms from Atharanala, 3.5 Kms from Puri Bus Stand, 5 Kms from Puri Jagannatha Temple and 5 Kms from Puri Railway Station. The Temple is situated on the road leading from Puri to Bhubaneswar, on State Highway No.8.




Legends
It is known from Brahma Purana that on a Tuesday in the month of Chaitra, Lord Brahma had begun the creation of the universe. The bi-junction mode of worship is reflective of the concept of bewildering confusion. At a bi-junction point, it is but natural that one cannot offhand know which road of the two actually leads to one’s proper destination. At the time of creation of the universe, Lord Brahma was on similarly the horns of several dilemmas. It is said in Brahma Purana that Maa Mangala at that time came to the rescue of Brahma and gave him proper direction after which of the creation of the universe could be possible.



The Temple
The presiding deity of the temple is Goddess Mangala. In Odia language, Bata means Way, since Goddess Mangala is enshrined on the way to Puri, she is known as Bata Mangala. She is believed to guide the pilgrims to Puri. The pilgrims and all tourist vehicles used to offer puja and darshan with all respects at Bata Mangala temple while entering into Puri and leaving Puri for their safe and happy journey. The deity is very beautiful and has two hands and three eyes. She is sitting in padmasana posture with smiling face. The two hands are holding pasa and ankusa.



Festivals
The Panthei Osha, also known as Bata Osha as a popular religious ritual is intimately connected with Goddess. This Puja is conducted by women at the bi-junction points of village-roads. At night, the women observing the ritual install a pasple and worship it as the symbol of Bata Mangala. They offer a peculiar type of sweetmeat known as Atakali to the deity. The Puja is performed on all Tuesdays in month of Chaitra. At the time of Nabakalebara festival of Lord Jagannath, the carts loaded with sacred wood entered into Shrikhetra after performing puja at Bata Mangala temple. Famous rituals like Durga Puja, Dussehra and Chaitra Mangalabara are observed with great devotion in this temple.
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