Rath Yatra 2014 in Puri has started. It is one of the most anticipated events for the people of Odisha. This is a giant chariot festival which is dedicated to the main deity of Orissa, Lord Jagannath. On the day of the Rath Yatra, the deities of the great temple of Puri are taken on a chariot ride to a nearby temple. These chariots in which the deities are carried are pulled by thousands of devotees full of devotion to God.
The Rath Yatra of the Puri temple is more than 5,000 years old. Almost all Jagannath temples in India celebrate this annual festival of Rath Yatra. But it is celebrated in the most grand manner at Puri in Odisha. Every year new chariots or Rathas are made out of wood to carry the three deities of Lord Jagannatha, Balabhadra and Subhadra.
Note: The live broadcast has completed for this year.
Glorious Ratha Yatra indeed. Amazing to witness. It is an example that religions unit people. Particularly all Hindu sects. join this Ratha Yatra, rising above their attachment to their Sects. That is the force of Indian culture.