Chariot Festival 2015
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HAPPY CHARRIOT FESTIVAL "NABA KALEBAR" ... WATERCOLOUR AND GELPEN ... A3 ... 2015 ... Ratha Yatra or Ratha Jatra or Chariot Festival (Odia: ????????) is a festival that involves moving deities Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Sudarshana on a chariot (called a ratha or rotho). The festival originated in Puri, Odisha. The English word juggernaut was originated from Jagannath that is related to the massive and unstoppable "ratha" carrying Jaggannath. "Ratha" (??) in Odia means chariot and "jatra" (??????) means journey. The festival thus refers to the annual journey of the divinity in the form of idols to the "Mausima Deula" (aunt's place). Next to the Puri Ratha Yatra, the second largest Ratha Yatra is celebrated on the same day in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Nabakalebar Festival 2015 Puri Nabakalebar is all about transformation of Puri temple, Odisha lords into the new body. The new wooden idols of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra, Goddess Sub
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