Jagannath Rath Yatra

India celebrates a number of festivals with a lot of fanfare. Most of these festivals have a great religious significance. Rath Yatra is one such festival that will surely feature in the list of most popular festivals in India. The best place to visit during this festival is Puri in Orissa. In fact, the Puri Rath Yatra is famous throughout the world. The festival has a great religious significance as well.

Rath Yatra is all about taking out a procession of Lord Jagannath, Baklabhadra and Subhadra in grand chariots. The festival is marked with a number rituals and customs as well. It starts off with the Ratha Prathistha. The Ratha Yatra begins in late afternoon. Holding the rope of these chariots to take part in this yatra is regarded as very auspicious in the Hindu religion. Large numbers of people take part in this festival. In fact, the various hotels of Puri remain choc-o-bloc during the days of this festival.

Rath Yatra is all set to be celebrated on a July 3, this year. Indianholiday.com offers online information about Rath Yatra.