July 12, 2010

Rath Yatra, Puri


The World famous Car Festival of Puri popularly known as 'Rath Yatra' is the biggest car festival of all.The festival commemorates Lord Jagannath's ( Lord Krishna) annual visit to his aunt's home.The mammoth and spectacular Rath yatra is held in the month of June-july every year at Puri, the temple town in Orissa. It is both a religious and a cultural event.


2 comments:

MANO'S PASSION FOR STAMPS said...

do you know that this rath yatra ms was released in two formats. one with traffic light like the one posted and the other without those things.

Vishnu Kumar said...

Nice post about jagannath puri rath yatra.