Jagannath Prabhu- Puri Rath Yatra

                                      Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra (Sri Jagannath Ratha Yatra 2020)                                                              The chariot construction for the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath started on Friday amid lockdown. This annual Rath Yatra is to begin from 23 June. Officials said that construction work is going on in 'Rath Kala' located on both sides of Jagannath Temple Office and on Grand Road opposite Sri Nahar Mahal. He said that blockers have been put on the construction site and it has been covered with clothes as per administration's instructions. The law of social distance is being followed. The 'Rath Kala' has also been declared a prohibited area. Bijay Mahapatra, the head carpenter of Lord...

                   Jagannath Prabhu-Puri Rath Yatra 2020 R atha  Y atra of Lord Jagannath is world famous. This article talks about Ratha Yatra of Lord Jagannatha, its history, significance and so on as explained by Srila Prabhupada. Ratha Yatra (Festival of Chariots) is one of the world’s oldest religious festivals, originally celebrated in Jagannath Puri. By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada this festival is now being celebrated all over the world. In the summer of 1967, the city of San Francisco saw the Western world’s first Ratha Yatra. Many other swamis and yogis journeyed to the West in the past, but none of them had the vision of Srila Prabhupada: to establish the Krishna conscious culture of ancient India without watering it down. Srila Prabhupada introduced Lord Jagannatha to the Western world and also inaugurated the Ratha Yatra ceremony, in its original format. Jayananda dasa, one of Srila Prabhupada’s early disciples, t...

                                                                              Ratha Yatra Jagannath Prabhu Puri 2020 The state of Odisha in East India is full of beautiful temples, ancient monuments, freshwater lakes and gorgeous golden beaches. Puri, a coastal town in eastern Odisha is popularly known as the Land of Lord Jagannath.           The magnificent  Jagannath temple in Puri  is considered to be one of the Char Dhams (four abodes of God), along with Badrinath in the north, Dwarka in the west and Rameshwaram in the south. It is believed by Hindus of India that worshipping at all the Char Dhams is a short cut to salvation.As per folklore, a King once dreamt of Lord Jagannath who asked him to build a temple for him. The King built the Lord Jaga...