ONI Bureau: The rituals of offering Adhara Pana to the deities on chariots have begun in Puri. A day after ‘Sunabesha’, Lord Balabhadra, Lord Jagannath and Devi Subhadra are offered the Adhara Pana, a sweet drink at Jagannath Dham Puri.
The event is conducted on the eve of Niladri Bije scheduled tomorrow.
The rich drink is generally made up of an assortment of milk, banana, cheese, black pepper, nutmeg, camphor and water offered to the deities in nine large cylindrical-shaped pitchers.