The ceremonial bathing ritual of Lord Jagannath and his siblings was held within the 12th-century shrine early on Monday, as the seaside town of Puri witnessed the influx of lakhs of devotees eager to catch a glimpse of the deities during the Deva Snan Purnima.

The Snan Yatra is a precursor to the annual Rath Yatra. On this occassion, Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath are taken out of the sanctum santorum and bathed with 108 pitchers of water in full public view.