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In India Every year in the month of june-july is known for as the Festival of Chariots, is celebrated to commemorate the annual journey of Lord Jagannath, along with his siblings Balabhadra and Subhadra, this festival is celebrated all over the india, even globally with full enthusiasm & Excitement. Who is lord Jagannath? a deity considered a manifestation of lord vishnu & Lord Krishna worshipped in the form of a wooden image, and his temple in Puri, Odisha. The Jagannath Temple is the one of the most significant Hindu temple as it considered to be one of the Char(four) Dham pilgrimage sites, renowned for its architecture and spirituality.
Why Chariot journey (Rath Yatra) every Year ?
As per the history, Lord Jagannath is believed to fall ill with a fever, he got extra care with herbal medicine and Special food for 15 days even today also for 15 days devotees are allowed to have darshan(see) of him. The festival of Rath Yatra begins after the deity recover and are ready to appear before the devotees, he visits his aunt,house Gundicha, during the annual Rath Yatra festival as a fulfillment of a promise and a demonstration of humility.
The Ratha Yatra (chariot festival) took place every year almost every part of India does grand celebration where the deities are taken on a procession in elaborately decorated chariots.
Along with lord Jagannath, there were also lord Ganesha, lord Hanuman, lord Khatu shyam baba and many other too
Festival may be from any part of India but now it is celebrated in every state and people celebrate it with great enthusiasm. About 2 years ago, Jagannath Temple was built in my city too, so this Yatra has been taking place for the last 2 years.
It is a bit difficult to take photos in such a crowd.
These children have taken the form of God. For some time people refer to them as God.
There is noise of devotion all around, there is drums, music, everyone is enjoying, part of auspicious Journey of Lord Jagannath.
This is a ancient journey, people have been following it since many years.
It is to be believed that if you pull the rope of the chariot and move forward, then Lord Jagannath will bless you profusely and all the problems of your life will end, happiness will enter in your life.
What a beautiful statue this is! It seems as if God himself has come walking and will speak at any moment.
I pray to Lord Jagannath to take away all our sorrow and bring happiness in everyone's life and next year come up with more pomp and show.