Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra 2021 News

The pilgrimage to Jagannatha temple in Puri takes place on Dwitiya Tithi during Shukla Paksha of Ashada month each year (which falls in the month of June or July).

The festival of Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra in the temple town of Puri, Odisha began today (July 12) The Rath Yatra will be held without devotees as only servitors with a negative COVID test report will be allowed to take part in pulling of chariots The celebrations began, early morning, with routine rituals of the deities such as ‘Mangala Aarti’, ‘Mailam’, ‘Abakasha’, etc

To honour Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra, sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik took to Twitter to share his magnificent artwork of a sand chariot The artist is planning to break all records as he's claimed to have created the biggest 3D sand art chariot of Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra at Puri beach Rath Yatra is a festival associated with Lord Jagannath held at Puri annually in the state of Odisha

A motor mechanic in Berhampur, Odisha has made mini chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra by using three different food grains The chariots which adorn the small size deities, made in Tulasi wood and the ornaments by the same food grains displayed at Sriram Nagar Street The chariots are made by connecting the food grains using the babul paste

This year, Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra will commence on July 12. Ratha Yatra commemorates Lord Jagannatha's annual visit to Gundicha Mata temple. Also known as the chariot festival, this year marks the 144th Rath Yatra of the Lord.