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- Rath yatra will start in puri at 10 am on Friday. All three charioots did not move even 200 meters, and will bring gundicha temple by this Evening
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The chariot of Lord Jagannath Nandighosh is finally drawn. On the first day, it could move only one meter ahead of Shrimandir.
Around 10 lakh devotees arrived during the chariot yatra of Lord Jagannath, which started on Friday in Puri. But about 600 people fell ill due to the scorching heat and getting caught in congestion. Many people had to be hospitalized.
Puri CDMO Dr. Kishore Satpathy said that some people complained of minor injuries, vomiting and unconsciousness. Many were discharged after initial treatment. There are no casualties. About 70 are undergoing treatment in the district hospital, out of which 9 are in critical condition.
Many people were also reported injured near Balagandi area. Actually, the chariot of Lord Balabhadra was trapped here for more than an hour. Due to this a crowd gathered there.
Many people were injured while trying to get out of the crowd, these people were immediately rushed to hospitals with the help of volunteers.
Symbolically 1 meter drawn chariot of Lord Jagannath
When the chariot of Lord Balabhadra stopped at Balagandi Chak, Darpadalan of Goddess Subhadra was stopped at Marichakot in Puri city. Meanwhile, the Nandighosh chariot of Lord Jagannath was only symbolically drawn under the ritual. It stood near the main temple since the announcement of stopping the journey at 8 pm.
Here, the Rath Yatra will start again at around 10 am after Mangla Aarti and Khichdi Bhog. Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra will go to Gundicha temple at aunt’s house about 3 km away.
On July 5, Lord Jagannath will return to the main temple with siblings. Last year also a situation was created when the Rath Yatra lasted for two days.
Pictures of the first day of Puri Rath Yatra …
After the sunset, the chariots stopped there. Worshiping the night of the three Deity and morning worship will be on the chariots.
There will be a Mangala Aarti of God at 4 am on Saturday morning, after which the Lord will be offered khichdi at 7 am.
The chariot of Lord Jagannath is called Nandighosh, Balabhadra’s chariot Taldhwaj and Goddess Subhadra’s chariot is called Darpadalan.
RAF teams have been deployed to control the crowd. The crowd became ill and the injured were given treatment at the medical camp near Srimandir.
In 2024, two people died in two separate incidents in the Rath Yatra, while about 130 people were injured due to stampede.
Rath is not drawn after sunset, so stopped chariot journey
The Jagannath Rath Yatra started at 4 pm on 27 June. Maharaja Gajapati Divya Singh Dev of Puri completed the ritual of Chhera Pahera by putting a boar with a gold broom in front of the chariots. After this, the chariot of Balabhadra was drawn. It could reach the medical intersection only. Which is about 200 meters from the temple. Behind it was Subhadra’s chariot and in the last Lord Jagannath’s chariot.
Rath Yatra stopped due to sunset. All the worship methods of God took place on the chariot at night. An ambulance was trapped during the Rath Yatra here. Which was made a human chain to remove.
Elephant uncontrollable in Ahmedabad caused a stampede
Yesterday in Ahmedabad, Home Minister Amit Shah performed Mangala Aarti at 4 am. After this, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel started the Rath Yatra. During the journey, an elephant became uncontrollable at 10 am on Friday and ran for 100 meters. After this, there was a stampede in the Rath Yatra. People were seen running here and there. The uncontrollable elephant was leading the group of 17 elephants. Hardly controlled. One person has been injured in this accident.
