Day after starting of Rath Yatra in Puri, chariots of deities attain ‘aunt’s place’

Gundicha Temple is taken into account the aunt’s place of the deities who go there yearly after leaving the Twelfth-century Jagannath temple, located at a distance of two.6 km.

They’ll return to the principle temple after 9 days. The return automotive journey, often called ‘Bahuda Yatra’, will held this yr on 5 July.

Earlier within the day, amid chanting of “Jai Jagannath” & “Hari bol”, devotees resumed pulling the three chariots round 10 am, after the Rath Yatra was halted on June 27 night time.

The chariots have been scheduled to achieve Gundicha temple by the night of Friday. However they needed to be stopped on Grand Highway as Lord Balabhadra’s Taladwaja chariot acquired caught whereas negotiating a flip, stopping the opposite two from advancing.

In response to the custom, ‘Taladwaj’ rolls first, adopted by ‘Darpadalan’ of Devi Subhadra and ‘Nandighosh’ of Lord Jagannath.

The chariots with deities inside have been stored on the highway in a single day amid tight safety.

1000’s of devotees who spent the night time within the holy city, joined in giant numbers in chariot pulling amid sounds of gongs and conches.

Legislation Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja, DGP YB Khurania and different senior officers have been discovered pulling Lord Jagannath’s ‘Nandighosh’.

After the chariots reached their vacation spot, they have been parked exterior the Gundicha temple.

The deities will likely be taken contained in the temple on Sunday in a ceremonial procession.

“We thank all stakeholders together with devotees for the conduct of Rath Yatra,” Arabinda Padhee, the chief administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration mentioned.

In the meantime, all preparations have been made for the safety of the chariots and controlling the gang, mentioned DGP YB Khurania.

In the meantime, over 600 devotees have been handled at completely different hospitals in Puri after turning into sick through the Rath Yatra on Saturday.

Whereas lots of them have been injured because of jostling, greater than 200 folks fainted within the sizzling and humid climate circumstances.

An estimated a million devotees participated within the annual Rath Yatra on Friday and round 5 lakh folks have been within the holy city on Saturday, officers mentioned including that the climate was beneficial on Saturday although there was gentle rain.

The Rath Yatra is being held amid unprecedented safety preparations with the deployment of round 10,000 personnel of Odisha Police, the central armed police pressure, NSG and others.

The police have made all preparations for the sleek conduct of Rath Yatra, a senior official mentioned including that over 275 AI-enabled CCTV cameras have been put in to maintain a watch on the gang.

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