By Our Correspondent
PURI/BHUBANESWAR: “ଶ୍ରୀବଳଭଦ୍ରଙ୍କ ତାଳଧ୍ୱଜ ରଥ ଗୁଣ୍ଡିଚା ମନ୍ଦିର ଅଭିମୁଖେ ଆଗେଇ ଚାଲିଛି ।Taladhwaja Ratha of Balabhadra Prabhu is now being pulled by sevaks.#RathaJatra21 #JaiJagannatha,” SJTA Chief Administrator Krishan Kumar tweeted@Krishan_Kumar09 after the three Majestic Chariots carrying Lord Jagannath and His Holy Siblings Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra rolled on the Bada Danda (Grand Road) to the Gundicha Temple in Puri for the second successive year in absence of devotees on the auspicious occasion of Ratha Jatra.
The devotees from across the Globe viewed the car festival of Lord Jagannath on different television channels in their houses.As part of age-old tradition, Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Puri Govardhan Peetha, JagadguruSwami Nischalachanda Saraswati, along with his disciples visited and offered prayer to deities on three Chariots. After completion of ‘Chhera Panhara’ ritual by Gajapati Maharaja, the Charamalas were being removed from the Rathas by Bhoi Sevakas.
The Lord of Universe along with His Siblings began nine-day sojourn to the Gundicha Temple, His Janma Bedi (birth place) from Ratna Bedi (bejewelled throne) in sanctum sanctorum, on three chariots
