Rath Yatra - the Great Chariot Festival
Monday June 22, 2009
Every year in mid-summer, Lord Jagannath, an avatar of Vishnu, with his elder brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra, goes on vacation, traveling on grand chariots, from his temple in Puri by the Bay of Bengal, to his garden palace in the countryside. This belief of the Hindus has given rise to one of the biggest religious festivals in India — the Rath Yatra or the Chariot Festival. This is also the etymological origin of the English word 'Juggernaut'. The Puri Rath Yatra is world famous for the crowd that it attracts. The beach city of Puri in Eastern India being the abode of these three deities, the place plays host to devotees, tourists and about one million pilgrims from across India and abroad. Many artists and artisans are engaged in building these three chariots, weaving its fabric covers that dress up the chariots, and painting them in the right shades and motifs to give them the best possible looks.
Rath Yatra falls on June 24, 2009... Read more
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since this year kasturi for MUKH SRINGAR will not be made available by the king of Nepal.because the hindu king is abolished by nepalese poltical parties.like that other religious relations also may be disturbed by theese parties.