Saturday, June 21, 2014

Baripada Rath Yatra for Women

Baripada, Odisha june 29 is the great festival in all over odisha. The 415 year old Rath Yatra in Baripada is the most attracting for the women's festival. Baripada is the second car festival in odisha. Every people knows the Car Festival of Puri is world famous.

Baripada Rath Yatra

 Thousands of men, women, children come from every corner to roll the chariots of Goddess Shubhadra, Lord jagannath, Lord Balabhadra on the grand road. The three chariots was decorated with pure cotton and the beautiful chandua decorated all over ratha.

 From 1975 the women pull the chariots rope and it declared on the International Women's Year. On that day the women wears the new traditional silk saree, cotton saree and the gent's wear the dhoti and towel. The three deities go to his aunt's house for nine days. for these nine days the three deities eat the delicious sweets in aunt's house.

According to history the Lord temple was built in laterite stone by Maharaja Baidyanath Bhanj Deo in 1575. From this year the rath yatra begins.

Several people buys the new tarditional silk saree, cotton saree from nearest shop or through online shopping. On that day the mahaprasad was given to all devotees .

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