Rath Yatra (June-July)
Rath Yatra (June-July) : Rath Yatra, known as Car Festival, is the grandest of all festivals in Orissa. It is the sacred journey of Lord Jagannath with brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra from the main Jagannath Temple to another shrine called ‘Gundicha Mandir’ where the deities stay for nine days. It begins from the 2nd day of the bright half of ‘Asadha’ which falls in June or July every year. Thousands and thousands of devotees from all over India and abroad throng on that day at Puri to pull the sacred chariots.
