The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.s1.301

v2.c17.s1.301

9. *Snāna Yātrā*, or the Bathing Festival. It is celebrated four days after the last, that is, on the 15th of the waxing moon in the month of Jyaiṣṭha. This is the anniversary of the day when the first image was taken in hand for Indradyumna, or the day when the divinity descended on earth. The images on this occasion are brought to the bathing platform on the north-east corner of the outer enclosure (plate LI, No. 56), bathed at midday with a great profusion of water brought from a well in the neighbourhood of the sacred Bar tree, sumptuously dressed and decorated with a probocis made of light-wood (*solā*) and worshipped with *mantras* especially designed for the occasion. Dr. Hunter states that the bathing takes place in one of the large tanks near the temple and Mr. Mansbach fixes its locale in the Audience Chamber; but they were misinformed.