The Snana Yatra, a bathing festival celebrated on the Purnima (full moon day) of the Hindu month of Jyeshtha, takes place in the Indian-Bangladesh border village of Tehatta. The deity Krishna, known as Krishna Rai, is taken out of the temple in a decorated palanquin during a joyful procession, adorned with a floral crown in a unique local style, and ceremonially bathed with milk, ghee (clarified butter), coconut water, and water fetched from the Jalangi River. Part of this ritual involves people drinking the milk and water used to wash the deity's body or bathing in it, which is considered virtuous but can lead to infection, a practice not seen in any other Snan Yatra in India. Following this, Lord Krishna takes a boat trip on the Jalangi River, accompanied by music featuring the 'khol' or 'Mridanga', important musical instruments of the Vaishnava faith. The deity is taken down the river's slippery, muddy, and sloping bank for a ceremonial procession into the water. During this time, children enter the river and swim to the middle of the river at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 29, 2026.
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