Rath Yatra’ 2010 date, Lord Jagannath festival at Puri in Orissa!

India during the months of June-July Most of the city’s society is based around the worship of Jaganath (Krishna) with the ancient temple being the fulcrum of the area. The Ratha Yatra festival commemorates Lord Jagannath’s annual visit to his aunt’s home. In 2010, the date of Puri Rath Yatra is July 13

Rata Jatra, the Festival of Chariots of Lord Jagannad is celebrated every year at Puri, the temple town in Orissa, on the east coast of India on the second day of shukla pakshya of Ashadh Maas. The presiding deities of the main temple, Lord Jagannada, 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 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 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. many shown on streets like brahahin