SHREE SHREE JAGATBANDHU MANDIR MANDALAY: Revisiting temples of Bamon Leikai

Shree Shree Jagatbandhu Mandir of Brahmapur Aribam Leikai Mandalay Leirak.

Location: Brahmapur Aribam Leikai Mandalay Leirak, Imphal East, Manipur.

Deities worshipped: Naked bronze idol of Gopaldeva brought from Mandalay, then Burma gifted to an ancestor of Aribam Sagei by a Nepali-Burmese Brahmin post Seven Years’ Devastation (1819-1825) period. The place inhabited by the kins of this great  ancestor of Aribam Sagei came to be known as Mandalay Leirak. The wooden idols of Jagatbandhu, Subhadra and Ballabhadra, naked bronze idols of Radha Govinda and Radha Krishna (wood) are worshipped at this temple.

Shree Shree Jagatbandhu Subhadra Ballabhadra worshipped at the temple.

Shree Shree Krishna Radha bronze idols worshipped.Registered under the Antiquities and the Art Treasures Rules,1973,Government of Manipur.  

Owner of the temple: Aribam Sagei(sub clan) of Brahmapur Aribam Leikai Mandalay Leirak, Imphal East.

Shree Shree Gopaldeva and Radha Krishna (wood) idols of the temple.Gopaldeva idol(left side)registered under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Rules,1973,Govt. of Manipur. 

Daily rituals: Morning bhog arti and evening arti programme observed.

Festivals celebrated: Snana Yatra (bathing festival of Lord Jagatbandhu), Rath Yatra and Purna Yatra celebrated annually. Rath Yatra has been observed for more than 110 years from now.

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