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==Weekly facial, 2023==
[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=19_07_2023_008_012_cap_TOI  Debabrata Mohapatra, July 19, 2023: ''The Times of India'']


Bhubaneswar : The charming faces of the presiding deities of Puri Jagannath temple — Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra — are cynosures of countless eyes across the globe. 
However, thedivine faces have turned pale as their once-a-week facial has not been performed since July 1 due to unavailability of herbal products required for the makeup, servitors said, reports Debabrata Mohapatra.

 “We require herbal products like hartala, hengula, karpura, kasturi and kaintha gum for the facial of the deities. But most items, including kasturi (musk), that we received from the temple administration are of poor quality. Unavailability of genuine raw materials has halted the facial ritual (Banakalagi) of the deities,” said Sanjay Kumar Duttamohapatra, a servitor, who does the facial.

 Wary of the delay in the facial ritual at the temple, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) held a meeting in Puri on Tuesday. “We have decided to conduct the Banakalagi ritual,” SJTA’s chief administrator Ranjan Das said.