GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Jaganath
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Ram
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Shiva
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Vishnu
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Detailed explanation-1: -This Ratha Yatra is the celebration of the occasion of the deity Jagannath, a form of the Hindu deity Vishnu or Krishna, journeying towards his aunt’s house. Adherents mark this occasion as Jagannath’s annual visit to the Gundicha Temple via Mausi Maa Temple (maternal aunt’s home) near Saradha Bali, Puri.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jagannatha. Jagannatha, (Sanskrit: “Lord of the World”) form under which the Hindu god Krishna is worshipped at Puri, Odisha (Orissa), and at Ballabhpur, a suburb of Shrirampur, West Bengal state, India.
Detailed explanation-3: -The next day marks the beginning of the Rath Yatra. A rath is built for each of the three deities, Lord Jagannath, Goddess Subhadra and Lord Balbhadra.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jagannath is worshipped as Vishnu or Narayana or Krishna and Lord Balabhadra as Shesha. Simultaneously, the deities are regarded as the bhairava with Vimala (the devi or the consort of Shiva) installed in the campus of the temple.