Jagannath Rath Yatra 2024: Devotees Across India Gear Up For Annual Chariot Festival — PICS

The Jagannath Rath Yatra 2024 will take place over two days in a rare event that has come after 53 years. While the festival is celebrated across India, Odisha's Puri sees the grandest celebration.

By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 06 Jul 2024 10:20 AM (IST)

Lord Jagannath's chariot being prepared ahead of the Puri Rath Yatra 2024 with the Jagannath temple in the background (X@SJTA_Puri)

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The grand chariot of Lord Jagannath in Puri gets final touches.

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A sculptor prepares an idol for the Jagannath Rath Yatra 2024 in Puri (Photo: X@SJTA_Puri)

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A worker decorates Lord Jagannath's Rath (chariot) with images of deities. (X@SJTA_Puri)

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A craftsmen sews a piece of cloth to be used to decorate Lord Jagannath's chariot during the Puri Rath Yatra 2024.

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The towering chariot to be used in the Puri Rath Yatra 2024 (X@SJTA_Puri)

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Craftsmen prepare the chariot of the Holy Trinity — Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and, Devi Subhadra — in Puri, Odisha.

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A craftsman fixes a part of Lord Jagannath's chariot in Puri. (Photo: X@SJTA_Puri)

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An artist in Puri paints a part of the chariot that will be assembled on the Rath. (X@SJTA_Puri)

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A worker takes a breather as he prepares Lord Jagannath's chariot for the annual Rath Yatra in Puri. (X@SJTA_Puri)

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The Rath being decorated with a miniature 'temple' in Puri. (X@SJTA_Puri)

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People marvel at at the grand chariot decked up for Jagannath Rath Yatra 2024 in Puri.(Photo: X@SJTA_Puri)

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President Droupadi Murmu offers prayers at the Jagannath Temple in New Delhi on her birthday on June 20. President Murmu is likely to take part in the Puri Rath Yatra 2024 chariot-pulling ceremony. (Photo: PTI)

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The Jagannath Temple during the bathing ceremony of the idols of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadra on the occasion of Deva Snana Purnima (Snana Yatra) festival in Puri on June 22. The Snana Yatra is held before the annual Rath Yatra. (Photo: PTI)

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Devotees bathe the idols of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadra on the occasion of 'Maha Snana Purnima' at Gaudiya Math in Birbhum district, Bengal, on June 22. (Photo: PTI)

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An artist in the Nadia district of Bengal applies the finishing touches to an idol of Lord Jagannath ahead of the Jagannath Rath Yatra 2024 (Photo: PTI)

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An ISKCON member in Kolkata paints a wheel of Lord Jagannath's chariot ahead of the Rath Yatra. (Photo: PTI)

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Devotees on Friday prepare small packets of 'Prasadi' at the ISKCON temple in Surat, Gujarat, for the upcoming Jagannath Rath Yatra. (Photo: PTI)

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Devotees on Friday offer prayers during the 'Netrotsav' ceremony ahead of the Jagannath Rath Yatra 2024 at Shree Jagannathji Mandir in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (Photo: PTI)

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