AT LEAT TEN LAKH DEVOTEES JOINED CAR FESTIVAL AT PURI

Posted on July 9, 2005 by Subhas Chandra Pattanayak

Bijoy Kumar Patnaik
Puri:

At least 10 lakhs of devotees joined the world famous Car Festival of Sri Jagannatha at Srikshetra Puri celebrating simultaneously showers of the season of agriculture that opens its active chapter from this day, the day of Rath Yatra, in Orissa. They came from towns, from villages, from near and from far [...]

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DELHI ORIYAS CELEBRATE RATHA YATRA

Posted on July 9, 2005 by Subhas Chandra Pattanayak

OrissaMatters Bureau
New Delhi:
Thousands of devotees have celebrated Lord Sri Jagannath�s Ratha Yatra, or chariot journey festival, on 8th July in New Delhi.
The Jagannath temple at Hauz Khas, now a centre of cultural conglomeration for Oriyas in Delhi, witnessed a huge gathering from the early hours of the day until late in the evening.
The deities [...]

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