Ratha Yatra
Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya (Jun–Jul) · Jagannath (Krishna/Vishnu)The chariot festival of Jagannath at Puri, when the deities ride out among the people on towering wooden cars.
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- Jagannath Puri and the Ratha Yatra Temples
The Ratha Yatra and the word "juggernaut" Once a year the deities leave the temple.
- The Summer Turn Treatise
The turn from spring into summer carries three observances. Akshaya Tritiya, on the third tithi of the bright fortnight of Vaishakha in late April or early May, is…
- Jagannātha and Viśvāvasu Treatise
Viśvāvasu, the Śabara who in the popular telling worshipped the deity of Puri in the forest before any king found him, is genuinely in a Sanskrit text: the…