Jagannath Rath Yatra 2023: Every year in the month of Ashadha, Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra is taken out in Puri, Odisha. Lord of the world i.e. Lord Jagannath is a form of Shri Krishna. Puri Rath Yatra starts from the second day of Shukla Paksha of Ashadh month. This festival is celebrated for the whole 10 days. During the Rath Yatra, the idols of Lord Jagannath, brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra are taken around the city on three different divine chariots. Let us know when the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath will start in the year 2023.
Jagannath Rath Yatra 2023 (Jagannath Rath Yatra 2023 Date)
Jagannath Rath Yatra will start on 20 June 2023 in the new year. The second date of Shukla Paksha of Ashadh month will be on June 19, 2023 from 11.25 am to the next day June 20, 2023 at 01.07 pm.
Significance of Jagannath Rath Yatra
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The world famous Jagannath Rath Yatra has great importance in Hinduism. The belief behind the yatra is that God comes out of his sanctum sanctorum to know the condition of the people. Lakhs from India and abroad come to participate in this yatra. The devotees who pull the chariot of God by taking part in this Rath Yatra, all their sorrows, sorrows and sufferings end and they get merit equal to performing hundred Yagya.
Jagannath ji lives in seclusion before Rath Yatra
The doors of the Jagannath temple are closed 15 days before the Rath Yatra is taken out. Devotees cannot visit during this period. On the full moon day of Jyeshtha month, the idols of Lord Jagannath, sister Subhadra and brother Balarama are brought out of the sanctum sanctorum and after full moon bath, they go into seclusion for 15 days. It is believed that God becomes ill due to bathing with too much water in the full moon bath. That’s why they are treated in solitude.
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