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| Jagannath yatra underway in Puri |
| The Jagannath Yatra started Monday in Puri as lakhs of devotees gathered for the annual 13-day festival.
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| INDIA
, 16-July-2007
10:24:54 AM |
| The Jagannath Yatra started Monday in Puri as lakhs of devotees gathered for the annual 13-day festival.
The holy procession includes three gigantic chariots bearing the deities of Lord Jagannath, his sister Subhadra and brother Balbhadra being pulled along by devotees.
The ritual pahandi took place with deities emerging from the temple amid much fanfare.
The rath yatra is also taking place in Ahmedabad.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi began the procession after performing puja following which hundreds of devotees began pulling the chariots out of temple premises.
Police and para-military personnel have been placed at all sensitive points along the rath yatra route in the city where the annual procession is the biggest.
Separately, at the Dargah Sharif in Ajmer where Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chishti's remains lie buried, more than five lakh devotees converge to pay their homage.
The devotees belong to different communities and come from different parts of the country on his death anniversary.
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