Puri: The Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra would be organized in Puri on July 10 2013.One can watch the live Webcast of Rath Yatra on the Internet by visiting this website at around 8 AM.
Besides it will be telecasted live on all major TV Channel including the national broadcaster Doordarshan.
Ratha Jatra, the Festival of Chariots of Lord Jagannatha is celebrated every year at Puri, the temple town in Orissa, on the east coast of India. This annual festival is celebrated on Ashad Shukla Dwitiya (second day in bright fortnight of Ashad month)
The presiding deities of the main temple, Sri Mandira, Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra, with the celestial wheel Sudarshana are taken out from the temple precincts in an elaborate ritual procession to their respective chariots. The huge, colourfully decorated chariots, are drawn by hundreds and thousands of devotees on the bada danda, the grand avenue to the Gundicha temple, some two miles away to the North. After a stay for seven days, the deities return to their abode in Srimandira. The return journey of Puri Jagannath Ratha Jatra is known as Bahuda Jatra.
The Rath Yatra is is also known as Gundicha Jatra, Ghosa Jatra, Navadina Jatra, Dasavatara Jatra.