27 June 2025 : Rath Yatra Puri
Image courtesy : Kalinga TV
Ratha Jatra, the Festival of Chariots of Lord Jagannatha is celebrated every year at Puri, Odisha. The presiding deities of the main temple, Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra, with the celestial wheel Sudarshana are taken out from the temple precincts in an elaborate ritual procession to their respective chariots. The huge, colourfully decorated chariots, are drawn by hundreds and thousands of devotees on the bada danda, the grand avenue to the Gundicha temple, After a stay for seven days, the deities return to their abode in Srimandira.
The Ratha Yatra of Puri, is considered the oldest and largest Hindu chariot festival celebrated annually, on the bright half of the lunar month of Ashadh. India Post issued a commemorative stamp and a Miniature sheet to commemorate Puri Rath Yatra on 12 July 2010.
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