Bhubaneswar, June 27 -- https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_0/recent_photo_1751024701.webp
After Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalanada Saraswati visited the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadra with his disciples and the Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb completed the 'Chhera Pahanra' (chariot sweeping) ritual, thousands of devotees pulled forward giant chariots from the 12th century Srimandir in Puri towards Gundicha temple in the grand occasion of the world famous Rath Yatra in Puri on Friday.
The wooden horses were fitted to the chariots and the servitor pilots (Sarathis) guided the devotees to pull the chariots in the right direction. Thousands of devotees first pulled the nearly 45-feet...