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Ratha Yatra is the festival of Chariots of Lord Jagannath celebrated every year on the Second Day of Shukla Paksha of Aashada Masa at Puri,the temple town in Orissa on the east coast of India. This year 2012 Lord Puri Jagannath Ratha Yatra will be celebrated on 21-Jun-2012 (Thursday). On this holy day, the presiding deities of the main temple-Sri Mandira, Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra with the celestial wheel Sudharshana are taken out from the main temple precincts in an elaborate ritual procession to their respective Chariots. The huge, colourfully decorated Chariots are drawn by hundreds and thousands of devotees on the bada danda (Grand Road), the Grand Avenue to the Gundicha Temple. After a stay for seven days, the deities Lord Jagannath,Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra return to their abode in the main temple-Sri Mandira.
Ratha Yatra is the grandest festival on earth. It is full of spectacle,drama and colourful typical Hindu Festival in India.