India observes the greatest Carnival Ratha Yatra or Car Festival of Lord jagannath on 27th of June 2006.Jagannath, commonly spelled as Juggernaut by the Britishers(see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggernaut ) with his brother and sister coming out from the 'Ratna Sinhasan' to the streets of Puri ( a coastal town of Orissa) joins His devotees while visiting His birth place The Gundicha Ghar. After a stay of nine days the return journey starts for the temple, with his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra coming out from the 'Ratna Sinhasan' to the streets of Puri joins His devotees while visiting His birth place The Gundicha Ghar. After a stay of nine days the return journey starts for the temple.
There are three chariots used for the carnival.the chariot of Jagannath is named as Nandighosh,with 45 foot height and 16 wheels.
This year about 10,000,00 people witnessed the Car Festival in Puri . Besides the original Rath Yatra of Puri, the carnival also celebrated all over India on that day.
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"Rath Yatra" is a interesting carnival i think to read about the topic & i also interested to see 'Ratna Sinhasan' in future.Thanks Sarojini.
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