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Nabakalebar festival
March 22 , 2018
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- President Ram Nath Kovind released commemorative coins in denominations of ₹10 and ₹1000 on Lord Jagannath’s Nabakalebar festival.
- The Nabakalebara is an ancient ritual associated with most of the Jagannath Temples when the Idols of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Sudarshan are replaced by a new set of Idols.
- A year with an extra Ashadha masa/month as per Hindu Calendar is considered auspicious for conducting the ceremony. This usually occurs every twelve to nineteen years.
- The Deities are made from a special type of Neem wood known as Daru Bramha.
- The most recent ceremony was in 2015, following the 1996 ceremony.
- This festival is celebrated at the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Orissa.
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