Ratha Yatra
ratha yātrāThe chariot festival of Jagannath at Puri, when the deities leave the temple on three great chariots.
Where this term appears
- Jagannath Puri and the Ratha Yatra Temples
The Ratha Yatra and the word "juggernaut" Once a year the deities leave the temple.
- The Char Dham Temples
The eastern corner of that journey, the strange and beautiful cult of the wooden lord, has its own story in the article on Jagannath of Puri and the Ratha Yatra.
- Tirupati: The Temple of Venkateshwara Temples
…festival; the two reward reading together, and Jagannath Puri and the Ratha Yatra is the companion case.
- 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…