Rath Yatra

by Megha Budhia

For someone seeking spiritual merit and ultimate release, the Rath Yatra holds enormous significance. Anyone who pulls the rope connected to the deities' chariots and assists others in doing so, or just touches the rope or chariots, is said to gain the merit of several penances. All the Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra's mementos become one with the deity himself.

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