Chaiti Mangalabara Puja observed during the Chaitra month of the Hindu calendar, Goddess Mangala is worshiped for five Tuesdays of the month. The puja marked by fasting of women who pray to the Goddess for the well being of their family.
ମୋହର ସଙ୍କଟ ଯେବେ
ଫେଡ଼ିଲୁ ଅବଳା ତୋହର ନାମ ଗୋ।
ହେଉ ଶ୍ରୀସର୍ବମଙ୍ଗଳା ତିନିପୁର ମଧ୍ୟ
– ତୁହି ପାଅ ଅଗ୍ରପୂଜା ( ଚଣ୍ଡିପୁରାଣ )
The puja is performed in open, where the ground is worshiped and the Goddess is offered Pana (offering made of milk and sugar).
Chaiti Mangalabar or Chaiti Mangalabara Osha is the vow observed on Tuesdays during Chaitra month in Odisha. This brata is dedicated to Goddess Mangala. Chaitra Mangalabar or Chaiti Mangalabar is a series of vrat observed on Tuesdays during Chaitra month in Odisha. On the day of festival, people worships Mangala Devi.
According to the Devi Purana, the goddess is adorned with a jatamukuta and sits on a throne. She has eight or ten hands , they hold the root, the arrowhead, the bow, the mirror, the sword, and the lotus and the mandala. She is known by many names like Mangala, Sarvamangala, Mangalchandi, Bata Mangala. Devi Mangala is known as Bata Mangala as she guide to Brahma for the creation process of world. Mangala is known as Mangala Chandi is one the war Goddess of Shiba. Goddess Mangala occupies an important place in the culture of Shri Jagannatha.
Goddess Durga is worshiped in the month of Ashwin. However, Manangala is especially worshiped on Chaitra Tuesday ( ଚୈତ୍ର ମଙ୍ଗଳବାର ). Because on this day he appeared as a divine power. He is often worshiped by women on the way to the villages. Although there are many Mangalas inside and around Shri Jagannath’s temple, Mangala in Kakatpur occupies a prominent place in the service of the Lord Jagannath, and during the Navakalebar, she informs his servants about finding wood ( ଦାରୁ ସନ୍ଧାନ) . Devi Mangala is Hemabarna, Svetabasana, Chaturbhuja, are adorable in the Sreesubhadra chariot * Darpa Dalana, Devi Dalana ). Parshu is in the upper right hand, Akshamal in the lower hand, Nagfash in the upper left hand and Dhanada mudra as in the lower hand. The goddess sits on a lotus form in a lotus skin. Mangala is generally worshiped as a Ghat goddess everywhere in Odisha. From the ghat from which the Boita ( ship ) goes, there is almost a Mangala in the Boita of the Sadhabas. Sadhabas (or Sadhavas) were ancient mariners from the Kalinga empire, which roughly corresponds to modern Odisha, India. They used ships called Boitas to travel to distant lands such as South-East Asia to carry out trade.
