{"id":19516,"date":"2024-01-26T17:59:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/26\/a-day-after-culmination-of-dhanu-jatra-kansa-maharaj-visits-puri-begs-pardon-before-lord-jagannath-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T17:59:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:59:14","slug":"a-day-after-culmination-of-dhanu-jatra-kansa-maharaj-visits-puri-begs-pardon-before-lord-jagannath-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/26\/a-day-after-culmination-of-dhanu-jatra-kansa-maharaj-visits-puri-begs-pardon-before-lord-jagannath-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"A day after culmination of Dhanu Jatra, \u2018Kansa Maharaj\u2019 visits Puri, begs pardon before Lord Jagannath &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-514214\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"single-featured\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<p>Bhubaneswar: Hrusikesh Bhoi, who had essayed the role of demon king Kansa at this year\u2019s Bargarh Dhanu Jatra, today visited Odisha\u2019s Puri town and begged for forgiveness before Lord Jagannath.<\/p>\n<p>Bhoi made a pilgrimage to the Holy Town a day after the culmination of the annual open-air theatre at Bargarh.<\/p>\n<p>Bhoi took holy dip in Puri sea in the morning and visited Gobardhan Peeth to express his repentance before Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati as part of his effort for cleansing the \u2018sins\u2019 he had committed by portraying the demon king at Dhanu Jatra.<\/p>\n<p>The seer blessed Bhoi and advised him to uphold the sanctity of Hinduism. He also asked Bhoi to surrender before Lord Jagannath, the master over the whole universe, to get rid of his \u2018sins\u2019, which he had committed by uttering \u2018harsh languages\u2019 against Lord Krishna and many other deities during Dhanu Jatra.<\/p>\n<p>Bhoi later visited the 12<sup>th<\/sup> century shrine and paid obeisance before Lord Jagannath. He also begged for pardon before the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile essaying the role of Kansa Maharaj at Dhanu Jatra, I had hurled \u2018abuses\u2019 at Lord Krishana and many other deities. Today, I visited Srimandir and begged for forgiveness before Lord Jagannath,\u201d Bhoi said.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Dhanu Jatra is enacted on the theme of \u2018Mathura Vijay\u2019, which depicts the victory of Lord Krishna against his uncle and demon king Kansa.<\/p>\n<p>Several episodes related to the childhood of Lord Krishna and Lord Balaram are enacted during the festival.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] &#13; &#13; &#13; Bhubaneswar: Hrusikesh Bhoi, who had essayed the role of demon king Kansa at this year\u2019s Bargarh Dhanu Jatra, today visited Odisha\u2019s Puri town and begged for forgiveness before Lord Jagannath. Bhoi made a pilgrimage to the Holy Town a day after the culmination of the annual open-air theatre at Bargarh. 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