Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi on Tuesday announced a two-day holiday for the annual Rath Yatra festival in Puri. The rituals of the upcoming Rath Yatra will be performed as per the rituals conducted during the festival in 1971.According to CM Mohan Majhi, President of India Droupadi Murmu is also scheduled to visit Odisha and attend Rath Yatra celebrations.Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said, "There was a need to declare holiday as there several exams and other things. It is a welcoming decision. Odisha DGP Arun Sarangi said elaborate arrangements have been made for security, traffic and crowd control and law and order. Apart from this, special arrangement has been made for the President’s visit. According to Sarangi, an integrated control room and traffic control room will also be set up. CCTVs will be installed at different locations with 18 traffic aid posts. Apart from this, there will be police aid and traffic aid posts as well for Rath Yatra. While reviewing the preparations at Rath Yatra coordination meeting in Puri, Odisha CM urged all officials to cooperate and ensure smooth conduct of the festival. This year Nabajaubana Darshan, Netra Utsav and the Rath Yatra is falling on same day (July 7). The chariots will be pulled for a short distance on July 7 and it will again resume the next day. Similar event was also witnessed in 1971.
Published: Odishatv Bureau
Last updated: 02 July 2024, 06:01 PM IST
The stage is all set for the grand annual Rath Yatra or the chariot festival of Lord Jagannath and his siblings, scheduled to begin on Sunday, July 7, in the holy city of Puri in Odisha.Today, finishing touches were given to the three huge chariots of the Lords and they were pulled from Ratha Khala to Singhadwara of Puri Srimandir, from where their annual sojourn will begin.
With the idols of 'Parsva' Deities (side deities/Ratha Sakhis) of the three chariots in Puri being damaged by termites due to lack of proper maintenance, servitors demanded the establishment of a museum for their conservation.
Rath Yatra in Baripada that is celebrated a day after the main Gundicha Yatra in Puri, features a unique tradition where the chariot of Goddess Subhadra is pulled exclusively by women.
Lord Jagannath and his divine siblings will make their homeward journey to the Srimandir after their nine-day sojourn at the Gundicha Temple in Puri on June 28 this year.
The stage is all set for the grand annual Rath Yatra or the chariot festival of Lord Jagannath and his siblings, scheduled to begin on Sunday, July 7, in the holy city of Puri in Odisha.Today, finishing touches were given to the three huge chariots of the Lords and they were pulled from Ratha Khala to Singhadwara of Puri Srimandir, from where their annual sojourn will begin.
With the idols of 'Parsva' Deities (side deities/Ratha Sakhis) of the three chariots in Puri being damaged by termites due to lack of proper maintenance, servitors demanded the establishment of a museum for their conservation.
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