One day after completing Badasinhara Besa, Badapanda was on his way home when he accidentally went to Chudanga lane rather than Dolamandap lane. The Devadasi there kindly requested Badapanda to accept her service. The evening was spent making love. The Gajapati king visits the Lord’s arati every day. Badapanda first greets the Gajapati ruler. Nonetheless, Badapanda spent that night in Devadasi’s house.

Devadasi observed Badapanda still dozing off. Devadasi then performed a dance to help Badapanda get up. Badapanda then hurriedly left towards Singhadwara. The Gajapati king visits to see the daily religious rituals of the Lord. Badapanda first greets the Gajapati ruler. Nonetheless, Badapanda spent that night in Devadasi’s house. Devadasi observed Badapanda still dozing off.Devadasi then performed a dance to help Badapanda get up. Badapanda then hurriedly left towards Singhadwara(One gate of Temple). Welcomed by Badapanda The Gajapati holding a garland. The Gajapati made a request to view the Lord’s religious rites. As the Gajapati king returned after viewing the rites, he removed the flower necklace from his neck and noticed that a long hair was decorated with garlands. The king was stunned.

How did the hair end up within the flower, wondered Gajapati King?Suddenly, the king asked Badapanda this?Badapanda didn’t say anything.

Once more, the king questioned the source of this hair.It is the hair of the Lord’s head, Badapanda stated.

Be quiet! Do you consider me to be a kid? Fear made Bada Panda start to shake. Again, the king enquired whose hair this was.

Badapanda, who was terrified, remarked that the Lord had hair on his head.

When the king heard this, he became enraged and demanded that the person show him the hair on the Lord’s head the next day or face terrible punishment. Badapanda was quite confused. He knew that if he didn’t show the king his hair, he would be executed, so he cried out to the Lord in a desperate attempt to avoid death.The Ratnasinghasan was trembling due to his fervour.The Lord is all-knowing.In a dream, the Lord appeared and assured his devotee that his request would be granted.

You’ll show my hair to the king tomorrow. Badapanda’s sleep was disturbed, and he was unable to determine if it was a dream or reality. Badapanda started crying in joy. The king arrived in the morning after nightfall. The gate of the temple was opened. He first noticed Sri Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Subhadra decorating the Ratnasinghasan as soon as the door opened. He also noticed that the lord’s hair had grown longer.

He prayed, “Save me, Lord,” with fervour. lauded play of the lord (leela) Arati concluded usal ,when the audience decresed the sebaka stated to the king you thought I was lying now notice how long the hair has grown on the head. The monarch was startled and unable to persuade himself. How is this even possible! You placed fake hair on to trick me, the king replied. Please don’t dishonour the lord’s play (leela), the sebak pleaded with the king. The monarch then lost his cool and yanked the long hair out of his hand. Blood poured out as soon as the hair was plucked. The king started to quiver in disbelief. The moment the monarch kneeled and pleaded to God to pardon him. I was mistaken. I believed that fake hair. The hair caught everyone by surprise.”Baladhupa” is used in this context together with an additional dhupa. That the Lord has hair will be known to everyone.

Jai Jagannath