Jagannath News

 Also known as the chariot festival, it happens to be a 15-day long festival which is celebrated with much gusto and fervour in the temple town of Puri, Odisha.

The festival holds prime importance in the Eastern side of the country where Rath Yatra is the most revered celebration time. Lakhs of devotees throng Puri, just to catch a glimpse of their favourite Lord riding the chariot.

During the month of Asadha in June or July, the presiding deities—Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra are taken from their Puri temple to Bada Danda and complete the distance of almost 3 km to Shri Gundicha Temple on huge chariots respectively.

Today happens to be Niladri Bije and Rasgulla Dibas or Divas.

The idols of Lord Jagannath depicts the Lord embodying features of a large, square-shaped head, big eyes and unfinished limbs.

The Rath Yatra or journey of the chariots has a huge religious significance.

Puri king Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb possesses one of the three keys of the Ratna Bhandar

Keys of the inner chambers of the Ratna Bhandar are reportedly missing

In this Himachal Pradesh town, popularly known as `Chhoti Kashi`, over 200 deities from hundreds of temples are congregating for the festivities of Mahashivratri.

A man was arrested for allegedly climbing one of the three chariots during Lord Jagannath's annual car festival here, police said on Monday.

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The 139th rath yatra of Lord Jagannath today commenced on its 15 km journey in the walled city here amid tight security arrangements even as lakhs of devotees queued up to have a glimpse of the deity.

Dedicated to Lord Jagannath and his siblings – Balabhadra and Subhadra – the auspicious yatra begins today.