Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah has congratulated for the journey going to Puri in Odisha and Ahmedabad in Gujarat. In Corona crisis, big programs are banned, but after getting the approval of the Supreme Court on Monday, the historic Jagannath Yatra is being taken out today.
On Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted and wrote, "My heartiest greetings to all of you on the auspicious occasion of Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra. I wish that this journey filled with reverence and devotion brought happiness, prosperity, good fortune and health in the lives of the countrymen. Jai Jagannath!
Apart from the Prime Minister, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also wished the followers of Lord Jagannath. Amit Shah wrote in a tweet, 'On the occasion of Rath Yatra, I wish everyone the best. May Lord Jagannath bring happiness in everyone's life, Jai Jagannath".
President Ramnath Kovind also congratulated the countrymen on this occasion. He tweeted and wrote, 'Congratulations to all the countrymen, especially the devotees of Lord Jagannath in Odisha on the auspicious occasion of Rath Yatra. I wish that the grace of Lord Jagannath, grant us courage and determination to face Covid-19 and infuse health and happiness into our lives.'
Let me tell you that due to the Corona crisis period, this year's Rath Yatra was clouded, but during a special hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday, the court gave its conditional permission. After this, on Tuesday, the Rath Yatra is being carried out with great care, following the rules and in the presence of few devotees.
For this, a lockdown was imposed in Puri from Monday night; the entry-exit was closed. Public vehicles were banned, besides medical checkup of all the people of the temple premises. Apart from Puri in Odisha, a rath yatra is also going on in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, where the state's Chief Minister Vijay Rupani himself is present.
On another side, Lord Jagannath did not leave for city tour in Kashi, 218 years old tradition broken. Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra did not take place at the Lakkha fair in Kashi. After being unwell for the entire fortnight, God is still healthy and sits in the temple premises. The Lord's city tour and the trip have been postponed due to Corona infection.
Deepak Shapuri, President of Trust Shri Jagannath Ji, informed that the Rath Yatra fair has been postponed in view of the corona infection. The Trust has taken this decision keeping in mind the health of the general public. The entry of common devotees to the Lord's bath on June 5 was also prohibited. Puri darshan gets benefits throughout the year Secretary Alok Shapuri said that it is believed that visiting the temple during the Rath Yatra gives the virtue of visiting the temple for a year.
Generally, the sanctum sanctorum of all the gods is in the centre of the temple and the Deities are not removed, but according to religious and popular belief, lord Jagannath goes on a tour once in a year. Wherever the Rath Yatra festival is celebrated, including Jagannath puri and Kashi. The chariot sits in the middle of the road, which becomes the sanctum sanctorum. Kashi is the only city in India where the three-day Rath Yatra Festival is celebrated.
Assembly, rituals and poojas are also performed like Puri. In Puri, the rath yatra starts from the lion's gateway to the palace of his maternal aunt at Gudicha temple, and in Kashi, the lord comes to the lion's gate of Pandit Beniram Bagh for three days. Here the Deity Deities are placed on the octagonal tine chariot with 14 wheels 20 feet wide and 18 feet long, standing in the middle of the chariot road.
The temple was established in Kashi two and a half years ago, Chairman Deepak Shapoori said that in 1780 Pt. Nityanand Kashi, the chief priest and manager of Jagannath temple in Puri, went. With the inspiration of Aradhya Dev Jagannath Ji, he established a wood deity with the image of Puri in the holy Asi region.
When the tradition came to mind, on his insistence, the Pandit family built a grand Devopam chariot according to the tradition of Puri and added the colour of the three-day Rath Yatra fair in Kashi. Since 1802, the Rath Yatra fair is being organized continuously in Kashi. This regular tradition was going on for 218 years.
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