Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra Begins Today: Check Schedule, Rituals and Everything you need to know
Jagannatha Puri Rath Yatra begins today, June 27, 2025 in the sacred city of Odisha, Puri. This is an amazing vibrant festival celebrated with great grandeur and enthusiasm. Millions of people visit this holy city and celebrated the festival with immense joy and happiness and participate in Rath Yatra.
This is not just a festival but a spiritual event happens every year that create a long lasting bond with the Lord Jagannatha, another form of Lord Vishnu. The energy of the temple and the area are different and divine. People are able to feel the presence of the God. This event can only be witnessed by those, who are extremely fortunate. Are you ready to know more about this event? Move forward and scroll down the article:
Jagannatha Puri
Rath Yatra 2025
: Schedule
Event
Timings
Mangala Aarti
6:00 AM
Mailam
6:10 AM
Tadapalagi
6:30 AM
Rosha Homa
6:30 AM
Abakasha
7:00 AM
Surya Puja
7:10 AM
Dwarapala Puja
7:30 AM
Besha Sesha
7:30 AM
Gopala Ballava & Sakala Dhupa (Khechudi Bhoga)
8:00 to 9:00 AM
Ratha Pratishtha
9:00 AM
Mangalarpana
9:15 AM
Pahandi Begins
9:30 AM
Pahandi Ends
12:30 PM
Sri Madan Mohan, Sri Ram & Sri Krishna Bije
12:30 to 1:00 PM
Chita Lagi
1:30 to 2:00 PM
Besha Sesha
1:30 to 2:30 PM
Chhera Panhara by Gajapati King
2:30 to 3:30 PM
Charamala Phita, Ghoda & Sarathi Lagiba
4:00 PM
Rathatana (Chariot Pulling)
Starts at 4:00 PM
Jagannatha Puri Rath Yatra 2025: Significance
According to the Hindu Scripture, this day holds a great religious and spiritual significance among Hindus.
This is an extremely powerful day when Lord Jagannatha comes out of the sanctorum in a chariot to bless the devotees, who come and participate in the Ratha Yatra just to have a glimpse of the Lord. He sees all the devotees and bless them with all the worldly pleasures and spiritual enlightenment. It is also believed that as per Bamadev Sanhita, devotees who have a glimpse of the Lord Jagannatha, Lord Sudarshan, Balabhadra and Subhadra at the Gundicha temple for seven long days, they attain salvation after death and directly goes to Vaikuntha Dham.
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This festival is more than a cultural event, when the preserver of this universe comes out of the temple to remove the sins of his devotees and people experience a miraculous divine energy around the area of the temple and even people who are present there, try to touch the chariot and pull the chariot by holding the rope, which is considered extremely auspicious.
Wishing you all a very happy Jagannatha Rath Yatra..!!
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