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After the Supreme Court changed its stay order and approved the festivities without any public attendance, in addition to requiring other safeguards in light of the coronavirus epidemic, the ground was cleared for holding the famous Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra at Puri on Tuesday.
After the Centre and the Odisha government supported holding the Yatra without any mass congregation, stressing that it is a "matter of faith for crores," a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said on Monday that each of the three raths or chariots would be pulled by no more than 500 people who will be tested for coronavirus.
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The Rath Yatra is devoted to Lord Jagannath, his sister Goddess Subhadra, and his older brother Lord Balabhadra. The Rath Yatra commemorates the yearly trek made by Lord Jagannath and his two siblings from the 2.5-kilometer-distant Jagannath Temple in the 12th century to the Gundicha Temple.
During the nine-day Trinity Festival at Puri, three opulent wooden chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadra are typically dragged twice over a distance of three kilometres by lakhs of devotees. The congregations were scheduled to take place this year on June 23 and July 1. Lord Jagannath is known as "Bahuda Yatra" as he makes his way back to his primary residence after eight days of repose.
Nandighosha, Lord Jagannath's Rath, stands around 44 feet tall and has 16 wheels. It is also referred to as Garudadhwaja and Kapiladhwaja. Taladhwaja or Langaladhwaja is the name of Balbhadra's chariot, which is 43 feet tall and has 14 wheels. While Subhadra's chariot is 42 feet tall and has 12 wheels.
