Bhubaneswar, June 29 -- Hundreds of followers of Jagannath cult celebrated Rath Yatra in Munich, Germany which was organized by Shree Jagannatha Seva Germany in association with Sivalayam Temple & Odia Samaj Munich.
The festivities began on Friday morning with the puja rituals, followed by daily 'aarti' and 'Bhog'. Lord Jagannath, along with his elder brother Lord Balabhadra and sister Devi Subhadra, was ceremoniously taken in a Pahandi procession to a beautifully crafted new chariot.
Atanu Tripathy, Santana Pracharaka, performed the Chera Pahara (sweeping of the floor) ritual of the chariot.
Despite the working day, around 1,000 expatriate Indians gathered to pull the chariot, with participants travelling from all over Germany. Children...