Dharakote : Only Place In Odisha Where Princess Perform Rituals of Rath Yatra

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Puri Rath Yatra is special because it is believed and proved too that without King's presence and until he has swiped and cleaned Lord Jagannath's chariot before the start of Rath Yatra, chariot will not move from its position and it is proved in earlier days.

Similarly there is a place in Ganjam district of Odisha state known as Dharakote not a King but a princess of Dharakote perform rituals of Rath Yatra.

It is getting followed from last 3-4 years after King's death in 2012 with official announcement. 



  




























This is 800 years old festival which still people execute with their open heart and do obey every instructions, their king give during the Rath Yatra time.

Since it is the duty of King to perform the rituals of Rath Yatra, Sulakhyana Devi, the princess, who assumed the throne at the age of 14 years, after the death of her father Kishor Singhdeo in 2010, took this responsibility and performing this since then.

Moreover, people of this place greet her as King only and take part to properly complete this holy Yatra. They give their full support and are very happy to see their king ( princess).

Here return journey which we called as Bahuda Yatra ( Return Journey of Lord Jagannath with this brother and sister) is performed in Ekadasi((day after Puri Yatra).

In this democracy, this is only time once in a year and one day when a we all see King performing his duty and where all people support him during this whole holy Yatra..

Why This Rath Yatra Is Performed During Ekadasi ?

Earlier days when the king of Dharakote returns from Puri Yatra, they carry out this Rath Yatra in their place. Hence it is performed just after the Bahuda Jatra of Puri Rath Yatra After death of King - Princess do perform

People wait excitedly to see their king and only after his permission, all 3 chariots are pulled.

Hence it is special and different from rest Puri Yatra.

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My Puri Visit : Place of Lord Jagannath

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Puri Rath Yatra is biggest festival in our Odisha state.This is otherwise known as God's travel. 

This is the time when God along with his elder brother Lord Balram and sister Subhadra, comes out from his house ( which we call temple) and provide their blessing to their people. During this time, all the 3 lords travel to their aunty house where they spend their time.

 Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and sister Subhadra all 3 travel in their own chariots ( colourful vehicles) which you can see down the images during my visit.

 Below are some of my moments in Puri. 

 I got all 3 lords wishes and able to visit this rath yatra and you can see beautiful images from holy place.


This is the entrance of the Puri Temple


Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Sister Subhadra Chariots



School Children providing their social support to public. These are scouts-guide


All the pujaris and workers arranging the chariot things and making it ready during the return of Lords back to their house.


Its hot in Puri, hence you can see me very tired and not able to smile :)


Police and temple workers trying to manage the chariot position so that there will be not difficulty while returning.




This is the place where all the 3 lords Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Sister Subhadra stay. Yes this is their aunty ( mausi ) house and stay for some days. During this time, they are served 56 bhog which I have already expalined in my earlier blog



 There is long story behind this beautiful festival which I am going to share in my upcoming article. 

 Lord Jagannath is not only loved inside Odisha but he is loved by whole world and this is the reason one can also see people from rest of the world visiting this special and unique festival.

 There is saying, if you have blessing from lord Jagannath, you will be able to visit this beautiful holy place and you should visit this place in your life once.

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How To Prepare Cutlet From Jack-Fruit Seeds ?

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                                                                                    Jackfruit is one of the biggest fruit in the world and  in my state it is counted as favorite one.
We call it as " Panasa " It is usually found during summer time and rainy season.

 I don't know about other place, but in my Odisha state it is not only eaten raw but also we prepare curry usually when it is in baby stage. Yes jackfruit passes through 3 phases which we call it as " Panasa Bayasa "

 These 3 phases are :

  1. Early Stage - when it is about to grow
  2. Baby Stage ( 2nd phase) - It is grown but without seed
  3. Final Stage / Mature Stage - During this time, it is seen fully grown with seeds. 
Hence in my state Odisha, we use 2 and 3 phase of jackfruit to prepare curry.

Jack Fruit with Seeds
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Today I am going to explain you how to prepare Jack-fruit cutlet with its seeds :

Jack Fruit Cutlets
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Jack Fruit Cutlets
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Take out all the seeds from Jackfuit which is fully grown. 
Now before carrying out the final process, we need to boil jackfruit seeds properly which is very important part of this dish.
Boiled Jack Fruit Seeds
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Steps to boil jackfruit seeds :

  1. Take a boiling pot.
  2. Put all the jackfuit seeds in it.
  3. Add enough water so that all the seeds are well inside the water.
  4. You can add pinch of salt, so that it increased the boiling process and make the seeds more soft.
  5. Put the pot on burner and boil it for almost 30-40 minutes in slow heating. 
  6. In the final time of boiling keep checking the softness of the jack-fruit.
  7. Drain the water and let the seeds dry for sometimes.
  8. Now peel out the outer skin of the jack-fruit seeds. Be-careful as the outer skin is very slippery and it may get inside your nail while peeling out.
  9. Once it is over now its time to prepare other part of the curry.
Preparing Paste :
For this we need a small or medium pan where we can make a paste for our boiled seeds.

Now follow the below steps to prepare the paste :
  1. Add 2 spoon full of turmeric powder
  2. Add 2-3 spoon full of red-chilli powder
  3. Add ginger+garlic paste 
  4. Add either chicken powder ( for non-veg people) or sabji/curry powder ( for veg people) : 1-1+1/2 spoon full 
  5. Add boiled jackfruit seeds in it.
  6. Now start mixing all these till everything get well mixed add little water to make the paste more thick.. make sure your paste is thick only otherwise while deep frying your result will not be good.
  7. Leave the mixture for 1/2 hour with covered.
  8. This cover creates a vapour inside the pan and a kind of taste is generated.
  9. Separate each seed paste with enough paste from each other on a plate.
Frying Jackfruit Seeds Paste :
Now since everything is ready, its time to prepare the cutlets :
  1. Put a fry pan on the burner
  2. Add enough amount of refined oil
  3. Let the oil heat for sometime 
  4. Start putting the above prepared seed mixed with paste carefully in the heat oil.
  5. Fry till the paste turned into golden colour.
  6. Take out the fried one on a clean plate.

Here it is your jackfruit cutlet is ready to serve. You can serve to your family members, friends with either tomato sauce, chutney, coffee/tea. 

It is healthy, tasty and delicious cutlet and its good for health hence old people can eat it without any doubt :)




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