chariots

Puri, The chariots of the sister deities, Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra, arrived at the Gundicha temple on Monday, concluding the first leg of the Rath Yatra celebrations in Odisha's Puri.Thousands of people pulled the chariots, while thousands of devotees gathered on the...

Puri, Thousands of people dragged giant chariots from the 12th century Jagannath temple in Puri towards the Gundicha temple, about 2.5 km away, as the Rath Yatra festivities began in Odisha on Sunday.However, the celebrations were marred by the death of a devotee and eight people who fell ill...

Ahmedabad, The 147th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath culminated in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Sunday night with thousands of devotees queuing up along the route to offer prayers amid tight security.The yatra of the raths (chariots) of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balbhadra and his sister Subhadra...

Puri (Odisha), Thousands of people dragged giant chariots from the 12th century Jagannath temple in Puri towards the Gundicha temple, about 2.5 kilometers away, on Sunday afternoon.The chariot pulling began around 5.20 pm after Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalanada Saraswati visited the...

In the Phandi ritual, the deities are brought from the temple on their respective chariots.As per tradition, the divine weapon of Lord Krishna, Sudarshan Chakra is brought and placed in the chariot of Goddess Subhadra, followed by Balabhadra, Subhadra and finally Lord Jagannath.After the...

Puri (Odisha), Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra boarded their respective chariots after completing the three-hour long 'Pahandi' ritual at the Jagannath temple in Puri on Sunday.Amid the chants of 'Jai Jagannath', the sounds of gongs, conch shells and cymbals reverberated in...

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Bhubaneswar-based miniature artist, L Eshwar Rao created eco-friendly chariots of the holy trinity Lord Jagannath, Goddess Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra using paper and incense sticks ahead of the world famous Rath Yatra.The deities seated inside the sacred...

Agartala, June 28 ( ) Following the tragic incident at Kumarghat in Tripura's Unakoti district last year, where ten devotees lost their lives during the Ulta Rath Yatra, the West Tripura district administration on Friday asked the organizers to increase the height of the chariots of Lord...

Puri (Odisha) [India], Ahead of the Jagannath Rath Yatra in the coastal town of Puri in Odisha, preparations are in full swing for the construction of chariots for the ceremonial procession of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Devi Subhadra.This year the Jagannath Puri Rath...

New Delhi, Indian Railways will purchase one wheel each from three chariots representing the famous Jagannath Rath Yatra to be placed in the concourse of the Puri railway station being redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.“Every year when the Rath Yatra ends, the three chariots...