Updated On: 18 June, 2023 10:49 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The festival is celebrated to reenact the journey of Lord Jagannath

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Jagannath Rath Yatra is celebrated to honor Lord Jagannath along with Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra. The festival takes place in the city of Puri in Odisha.
During the Rath Yatra, the idols of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadra are taken out of their temple and placed on three big chariots. These chariots are then pulled by devotees through the streets of Puri in Odisha to another temple called the Gundicha Temple.