Rath Yatra- Festival of Chariots -Urban Sketch

During the Jagannath Rath jatra or Rath Yatra, the triads ( Jagannath, Subadhra & Bal Bhadra) are usually worshiped in the sanctum of the temple at Puri, but once during the month of Asadha (Rainy Season of Odisha, usually falling in month of June or July), they are brought out onto the Bada Danda (main street of Puri)and travel (3 km) to the Shri Gundicha Temple, in huge chariots (ratha), allowing the public to have darśana (Holy view). This festival is known as Rath Jatra, meaning the journey (jatra) of the chariots (ratha). The Rathas are huge wheeled wooden structures, which are built anew every year and are pulled by the devotees.

Artish- Avidip Kundu