The Lord VishnuRath yatra 2020 Hindu festival.

lord Krishna with his Chariot.

Jai Hind dosto!

          As you might know about the rath yatra. Today I'm going to tell you about the history and importance of this festival in Hindu culture.

Rath yatra also refferred as Chariot festival.it is particularly calibrated in odisha,Bihar,Jharkhand,West Bengal and other eastern Indian states.

It is particularly odia festival that involves people with rath with jagannath(Lord Vishnu) Balabhadra(his brother) subhadra(his sister) and sudarshan chakra on rath.

It attracts million of Hindu from worldwide infact not only Hindu celebrate this festival but also some Western country also celebrate this beautiful festival.

      

Hindu community outside India,such as in Singapore celebrate rathjatra,such as those associated with jagannath,krishna,Shiva and mariamman.

It is derived from two Sanskrit word, Ratha which means Chariot or carriage and jatra which means journey.

• Jagannath Rath yatra at Puri(odisha)

In the Rath yatra,the three deities are taken from the jagannath temple in the rath to the gundicha temple where they stay for nine days.There after,the deities again ride the Chariot back to Shri mandir in bahuda yatra,on the way back ,the three Rath halt at the mausi maa temple and the deities are offered pods pitha a kind of baked cake which are generally consumed by the people of odisha.

The observance of the rath yatra of jagannath dates back to the period of the puranas.Vivid description of this festival are found in Brahma purana,Padma purana and Skanda purana.

• International jagannath Rath yatra.

It has become common sight in most major cities of the world since 1968 through the Hare Krishna movement.

• Dhamrai jagannath Roth yatra.

Dhamrai jagannath Rath yatra is o Roth temple,a Roth dedicated to the Hindu good jagannath located in Dhamrai Bangladesh.The original historical rath was burnt down by the Pakistan amry in 1971.The rath has since been rebuilt with Indian assistance.