JAGANNATH RATH YATRA 2022
Jagannath Rath Yatra was celebrated in Odisha’s Puri on Friday, 1st July 2022 with great pomp and show. Return Car Festival or 'Bahuda Jatra' Bahuda yatra falls on Saturday, 9 July 2022. It is believed that one day Goddess Subhadra, the younger sister of Lord Jagannath expressed her desire to go around the city and from then this procession is started. During this festival the processions of three chariots of Lord Jagannath, his elder brother Lord Balabhadra and his sister Goddess Subhadra are carried out from the Jagannath Temple t the Gundicha Temple and stops at Mausi Maa Temple, where they are offered with their favorite food. Every year, new chariots are built for the festival. The three chariots stay there for 7 days then they come back to the Jagannath Temple. The three chariots are decorated with different styles same as the one followed for centuries and these charitos are carried out by priests. The devotees clean the Gundicha Temple before the stay of Lord ...