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News Topical, Digital Desk : Every year in the month of Ashadh, the festival of Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra (Jagannath Rath Yatra 2025) is celebrated with great enthusiasm. Preparations for the Jagannath Rath Yatra have begun. Devotees come from far and wide to participate in this festival. During this time, more liveliness is seen in the city of Puri in Odisha. According to the Vedic calendar, every year this journey starts from the second day of Shukla Paksha of Ashad month and the festival is celebrated for 9 days from the next day, but do you know how Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra started. If you don't know, then let us tell you about its special reason.
When will the Jagannath Rath Yatra start (Jagannath Rath Yatra 2025 Start Date)
According to the Vedic calendar, the second date of Shukla Paksha of Ashadh month will start on June 26 at 01:25 pm and the date will end on the next day i.e. June 27 at 11:19 am. In this way, the Jagannath Rath Yatra will start from June 27 (Jagannath Rath Yatra 2025 Kab Se Shuru Hogi).
This is how the tradition of Jagannath Rath Yatra started
For your information, let us tell you that during the Jagannath Yatra, Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra Ji and Devi Subhadra sit on the chariot and visit the city. According to religious belief, by seeing Lord Jagannath, all the sorrows of the devotee are removed. Also, after death, one attains salvation.
According to Padma Purana, once Subhadra expressed her desire to see the city to Lord Jagannath. After this, on the second day of Shukla Paksha of Ashad month, Lord Jagannath seated brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra on the chariot. After this, he toured the city and reached his aunt's house Gundicha temple. Where he stayed for seven days. After this he returned. Since then this special tradition is performed every year.
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