This festival takes place in the month of Phalguna. The representative deities are taken in a procession to a dais called Dolavedi located outside the main temple and special rituals are performed.
Deva Utthapana Ekadasi
This festival takes place in the month of Kartika. On this day the deities rise from their sleep. This festival takes place in the month of Margasira. This is locally known as Odhana Sasthi. The deities are covered with thick cloths till the month of Magha. Parvana Sasthifestival takes place on the day of Karkata Sankranti. Special rites are performed on this occasion.
Sayana Ekadasi
This festival takes place in the month of Asadha. On this occasion, the images of Vasudeva, Bhubaneswari and Narayana are taken to the chariots. After some rites are performed there, these images are taken to the ‘chamber of slumber’ for enjoying complete rest for four months.
Ratha Yatra
The Ratha Jatra of Jagannatha is commonly known as Car Festival. This festival of International fame takes place in the month of Asadha (June – July) every year. It is a nineday festival, When the deities are taken to the Gundicha Temple located at a distance of About 3 kms from the main temple along the Grand Road In three gorgeously decorated chariots, specially made for each of the three deities. Normally, The chariots reach the Destination (the Gundicha temple) by the evening on the first day of the festival and on the ninth day, the deities are brought back to the main temple on the same chariots.
Snana Yatra
Popularly known as the Deva Snana Purnima, this festival takes place in the full moon day in the month of Jyestha. This – is the first occasion in the course of a year when the wooden images of the three principal deities of the Shree Jagannatha temple, are brought out of the sanctum sanctorum in a procession and placed on the Snana Vedi and are bathed with 108 pitchers of water. On this occasion Jagannatha and Balabhadra are dressed like Ganesa with the head of an elephant.
Chandana Yatra
This festival takes place in the month of Vaisakha and continues for 21 days. But technically speaking, it is a festival of long 42 days. In the first 21 days, the representative images of the god are taken in a procession to the famous tank called Narendra Pokhari. They are taken round the tiny lake in beautifully decorated and illuminated boats twice each day.