Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra - Rath Yatra 2010
Today Rath yatra 2010 the most popular festival in orrisa is scheduled. As per the The Rath Yatra wil begin at the outer of the Lion’s gate of Jagannath temple, further there are huge towering chariots that would be carried with the idols of Lord Jagannath and his siblings. In the morning time rituals have been performed. Puri Rath Yatra was flagged off by Gujrat’s CM Narendra Modi on Tuesday early hours. High safety preparations have been made for the Puri Rath Yatra after the capture of 2 SIMI suspects with a few weapons & bullets by the Ahmedabad crime branch tomorrow.
The Rath of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra & Subhadra will go through the fourteen kilometers long way & end at the Jagannath shrine.
Around one million public are probable to reach the sacred town to join in the impressive celebration that rejoices the week-long voyage of the gods – Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra & Devi Subhadra from the major temple to Shree Gundicha Temple. The drawing of chariots is planned to start by 3pm.
Ratha Jatra, the Festival of Chariots of Lord Jagannatha is celebrated every year at Puri, the temple town in Orissa, on the east coast of India on the second (dwitiya) day of shukla pakshya (waxing cycle of moon) of Ashadh Maas (3rd month in Lunar Calendar). The presiding deities of the main temple, Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balarama 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 (King Indradyumna’s Queen) temple, some two miles away to the North. On their way to the Gundicha Temple, the three Lords are believed to stop for a while near the Mausima Temple(Aunt’s Abode) and have an offering of the Poda Pitha, which is a special type of pancake supposed to be the Lord’s favourite. After a stay for seven days, the deities return to their abode.
