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When is Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra 2015 ?

Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra 2015 Date = 18th July 2015, Saturday

Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra is a Hindu Festival associated with Lord Jagannath held at Puri in the State of Odisha, India.

Puri Rath Yatra annual festival is celebrated on Ashad Shukla Dwitiya. In 2015 Rath Yatra falls on the 18th of July.

This festival is known as Rath Yatra, meaning the journey (yatra) of the chariots (Rath). The Rath are huge wheeled wooden structures. People will build a new Raths every year and are pulled by the devotees. The Rath for Jagannath is approximately 45 feet high and 35 feet square and takes about 2 months to construct. The artists and painters of Puri decorate the cars and paint flower petals and other designs on the wheels, the wood-carved charioteer and horses, and the inverted lotuses on the wall behind the throne.

Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra 2015 starts from Jagannath Puri temple and last point of Rath Yatra 2015 is Gundicha, Temple of Ma Laxmi. The huge Rath of Jagannath pulled during Rath Yatra is the etymological origin of the English word Juggernaut. The Puri Rath Yatra 2015 is also termed as the Shri Gundicha yatra. The Presiding god of the town, this great and notable Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra 2015 held around eight to ten Days.

The beginning day of the Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra is observed as a public holiday in Orissa. So, children use this much awaited holiday to imitate the real Jatra at Puri. They group carrying very small versions of the Rath with small idols mounted on them in street.

People decorate their houses and shops with flowers, lights and Rangoli for the festival of Rath Yatra. Traditional desserts and sweets are especially prepared for the occasion of Puri Rath Yatra 2015. It is also customary to avoid non- vegetarian food during these days.