07/07/2024
The annual Puri Rath Yatra, also known as the Puri Chariot Festival, is held in Odisha. One of the largest Hindu festivals, the Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra 2024, will begin on Sunday 07 July 2024, at the well-known Jagannatha temple in Puri, Odisha, India. The Puri Yatra typically starts on the Dwitiya Tithi (second day) and Shukla Paksha (waxing phase of the Moon) in the Hindu month of Aashadha.
Dwitiya Tithi Begins - 04:26 AM on Jul 07, 2024
Dwitiya Tithi Ends - 04:59 AM on Jul 08, 2024
Importance:-
One of the most auspicious and anticipated Hindu festivals is the Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra, which attracts devotees not only from India but across the world. The grand celebration presents an awe-inspiring spectacle of the god being brought out of the temple amidst the resonating sounds of drums, bells, and conch shells. Lord Jagannath is worshipped as the reincarnation of Lord Krishna, who has chosen this place as his abode in the temple town of Puri in Orissa, along the Bay of Bengal.
Significance:-
* The history of Jagannath Rath Yatra dates back to the 12th century, and its details can be easily found in sacred Hindu texts such as the Padma Purana, Brahma Purana, and Skanda Purana.
* According to beliefs, Lord Jagannath, Lord Krishna, or the Lord of the Universe decided to visit Gundicha Temple on the day, when the Yatra begins. But he didn’t visit it alone; he took his sister Subhadra and elder brother Balabhadra with him.
* Thus, the day is now celebrated each year to mark the day when Lord Krishna took that journey.
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