Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra Festival History & Facts
In this festival there are three chariot and these three are called nandigos for lord jaganadh and it is specially made for Lord Jagannath and the second one is called derpo davano which is for subdra and next to it you will find dava dwaja is for lord jagannath elder brother Bado badra.
All the three chariots are beautifully designed and decorated
The Lord Jagannath temple has lots of mysterious facts
the flag has philosophical significance It blows in the opposite of the wind direction.
The temple is of 66 meter height. It is one of the oldest rath yatras which is called car festival which takes place in Puri, Odisha, India
You will also find the description in other oldest epic scriptures of India which are Brahma Purana, Padma Purana, and skandha Purana.
This annual festival is mostly celebrated in English month of June and in Odia calender, it is ashad month
As a part of rath yatra, these deities got to the gundija temple which is like around 2kms away from the Lord Jagannath temple every year millions of people come to Puri to witness the rath yatra. The whole puri is filled with devotees and they come from all over the word for dershan
Oftenly lord Jagannath is also called as Kala srimukha.
The three chariots of Lord Jagannath, Subhadra, and pola badra are newly constructed every year.
The chariots of the Lord Jagannath is names as nandhigosh. the nandhigosh which is the chariots of Lord Jagannath has 16 wheels and total number of wooden pieces are like around 842 and the height of this nandigosh is 44 feet and 2 inches, Lenght, and breath are 34 feet and 6 inches and the chariot is wrapped with red and yellow color clothes and also it is guarded by the garuda and the name of the chariot is daruka
the next chariot which is called as deva davana or darpa davana which is in the middle the 3 chariot which is for the sister subadra. it is decorated with black and yellow color cloths and the number of the wheel are used is 12 and the total number of wooden pieces are around 593 and also the length and breadth is 31 feet 6 inch and the height i 42 feet 3 inch and it is guarded by jai durga. Name of the chariot is Arjun. the flag is called nadambika
the third one which is beside the deva davana is called kala dwaja and in his chariot, you will find lord pola badra who is the elder brother of Lord Jagannath and this chariot has 14 wheels. the total number of wooden pieces are 763 roughly and you will find the red and green color cloth wrapped around it. it is guarded by pasudev and the name of the chariot is mathali and also the flag is called as unani
this car festival lasts for 9 days the chariot is moved in the first-day afternoon and reach the gundija temple and chariot remain there for 9 days. After 9 days they will come back to the sree mandir
Some unknown Facts about Puri Jagannath temple
1. The flag always flip in the opposite direction of air
3. Normally during the daytime, the air comes from the sea to land and evenings vice versa but in puri its totally opposite
4. The shadow of the main dome is invisible at any time of the day
5. From any place of puri, You will always find the Sudarshan chakra facing you
6. Seven pots are kept on each other and cooked on firewood, In this process, the contents in the top pots get cooked first and then the bottom one
7. Cooked food inside the temple remains same for the entire year, It won get wasted or never lag
8. After entering from singhadwara's first step you cant hear any sound produced by the ocean but when you cross the same step, you can hear it.
9. the present day structure if the temple is very different from its initial design
10. Nabakalebara, this special occasion can happen once in 8, 12 and 18 years
Olden images of puri jagannath rath yatra
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