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Bookmark or Share- Rathayatra | History, Festival, Meaning, & Facts | BritannicaRathayatra, Hindu festival of India, observed by taking an image of a deity in a procession (yatra) through the streets in a chariot (ratha). This affords auspicious viewing of the deity to worshippers who, because of caste or sectarian restrictions, are not admitted to the sanctuary.
- Ratha - WikipediaRatha (Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hrátʰas, Vedic Sanskrit: रथ, IAST: rátha; Avestan: raθa) is the Indo-Iranian term for a spoked-wheel chariot. The term has been used since antiquity for both fast chariots and other wheeled vehicles pulled by animals or humans, in particular the large temple cars or processional carts still used in Indian ...
- Pancha Rathas - WikipediaPancha Rathas (also known as Five Rathas or Pandava Rathas or Ainthinai kovil) is a monument complex at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Chengalpattu district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Pancha Rathas is an example of monolithic Indian rock-cut architecture.
- Rath Yatra: The Chariot Festival of Puri, India - Learn ReligionsRath Yatra is of great significance to the Hindus, and especially to the people of Orissa. It is during this time that the three deities of Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Subhadra are taken out in a grand procession in specially made gigantic temple-like chariots called raths, which are pulled by thousands of devotees.
- 5 things to know about Ratha Yatra - Hindu American FoundationKnown also as the “Festival of Chariots,” Ratha Yātrā is an ancient celebration observed in the Indian city of Puri every year during Āshādha (June-July), the fourth month of the Hindu calendar, in which the sibling deities of Jagannātha, Baladeva, and Subhadrā are each placed on three-story high chariots and pulled almost two miles by devotees ...
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