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CHARIOT FESTIVAL ... WATERCOLOUR... 10 INCH*11 INCH... 2014... A Ratha-Yatra or Roth Jatra or Chariot Festival is a Hindu festival that involves transporting deities on a chariot (called a ratha or roth). The festival originated in Puri in the State of Orissa. The rath(chariot) is carrying Lord Jaggannath and due to its massive size & weight and sometimes seeminlgy unstoppable nature, has led to the English word juggernaut to refer to an unstoppable force. Accidents involving people being crushed under the wheels of the chariot have also occurred a few times. "Ratha" in Oriya means chariot and "yatra" means journey. The festival thus refers to the annual journey of the divinity in the form of idols to their aunt's house. "Aunt" here refers to the feminine creative aspect of divinity. The Ratha Yatra festival has become a common sight in most major cities of the world since 1968 through the ISKCON Hare Krishna movement. Its leader A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada successfully transplanted the festival which now happens on an annual basis in places all over the world in over 100 cities including Dublin, Belfast, Birmingham, London, Bath, Budapest, Melbourne, Montreal, Paris, New York, Singapore, Toronto, Antwerp, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles (celebrated in coastal Venice, CA), Mexico, and others.[INFO : WIKIPEDIA]
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