BHUBANESWAR: Neither the Covid-19 pandemic old age can discontinue 90-year-old Krushna Chandra Maharana in the celestial service of building chariots to July 12 Rath Yatra at Puri.
Krushna Chandra is your main section of goddess Subhadra’s Darpadalana chariot along with also the earliest of those 198-odd employees engaged in the building of the 3 chariots in Ratha Khala, the building yard.
Having a vast experience of over 70 decades, Maharana is not as the asset for its Shree Jagannath Temple Administration.
With no leadership and advice, the chariot won’t ever look complete and refined, the SJTA considers.
“I began studying the skills of assembling chariots in my dad, Ramachandra Maharana, in the time of about 19 or 20.
It works in the household.
I’ve been a part of the building of chariots, without fail, to get the previous 70 decades,” Krushna Chandra explained.
Regardless of the invasion of modernity, neither Krushna Chandra nor additional carpenters in Ratha Khala utilize any contemporary technique or tool for the building of the giant wooden chariots.
They’ve mastered the art of quantifying the timber through manual and traditional handspan.
The elevation of this Taladhwaja chariot of Lord Balabhadra is 45ft and contains 14 brakes, Nandighosha of Jagannath is 45.6feet with 16 brakes and also Darpadalana of Goddess Subhadra is 44.6feet with 12 brakes.
According to convention, the carpenters utilize 742 bits of wooden logs of distinct species such as the building of all Jagannath’s chariot, 731 logs for Balabhadra’s chariot and also 711 logs for Subhadra’s.
“We use the most current or contemporary gadgets.
We believe in our handspans and a couple of sticks to the dimension of the timber.
From God’s grace, we haven’t neglected.
Any small deviation from the dimension of brakes or some other components of the chariots can lead to mishaps or breakdowns.
We’re extremely cautious about that,” Maharana stated.
His four sons — Narayan, Rabinarayan, Babana and Chhabi– also have shot up the chisels.
They’ve been a part of this Rath structure for the last several years under the tutelage of the father.
The SJTA expressed its thanks to this master craftsman.
“With no contemporary tools, his mark for dimensions are perfect year in, year out.
After over 70 decades of continuous support, his energy levels and excitement will more than match of an 18-year-old,” SJTA’s primary secretary Krishan Kumar explained.
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