Niladri Bije at Puri Jagannath Temple is the return of the
three deities – Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Devi Subadhra – to their
respective sanctum sanctorum in the Puri Jagannath Temple after the Ratha
Yatra.
Servitors carry the huge wooden murtis of three deities from
chariots swaying them rhythmically in a ritual described as pahandi to the
sanctum sanctorums.
More than 100,000 devotees gather to witness this return of
the murtis to the temple.