Rath Yatra is also
known as the Festival of Chariot which is celebrated every year at Puri. One of
the famous temple towns in Orissa.The main
attracted place of this festival is the Jagannath Temple, which is one of the
four dhams of the Hindus. Rath Yatra Puri is immensely popular amongst devotees
and thousands of them visit Puri every year with full eagerness.
The annual Ratha Yatra (chariot procession) of Lord Jagannath, his brother Bhalabhadra and sister Subhadra began at Odisha's beach town of Puri amid tight security Wednesday, officials said.
The ceremonial procession of the deities known as Pahandi - carrying the deities out of the temple to the chariots - started at 9.45 a.m., Laxmidhar Pujapanda, public relations officer of the temple administration, told IANS.