Several stories are famous and well-known on the origin of the Jagannath Ratha Yatra Celebration, some of the causes are:
It is said that Vishwakarma,the architect of the gods, arrived at King Indradyumna’s Palace, as an old carpenter. He stipulated that while carving the murtis nobody should disturb him and if anybody did, he would stop work and leave. A few months elapsed. Driven with impatience, King Indradyumna opened the door of Vishwakarma's room, who vanished instantly as he had stipulated. Despite the incomplete murtis, the King Indradyumna consecrated them, placing the holy cinders of Lord Krishna in the hollow of the murti and installed them in the temple. Every year a grand procession is carried out with the murtis of Lord Krishna, Balarama and Subhadra in three gigantic Rathas (Chariots).
The Rathas (Chariots) are pulled by devotees as the celebration of Ratha Yatra Festival in Jagannath Puri. The murtis are changed every twelve years. The festival begins with the Ratha Prathistha or invoking ceremony in the morning, but the Ratha Tana or chariot pulling is the most exciting part of the festival, which begins in the late afternoon when the Rathas (chariots) of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra(Balarama) and Subhadra start rolling.
Each of these carriages have different specifications: The Ratha (chariot )of Lord Jagannath is called Nandighosa, has 18 wheels and is 23 cubits high; the Ratha (chariot) of Lord Balarama (Balabhadra), called Taladhvaja has 16 wheels and is 22 cubits high; and the Ratha (chariot) of Subhadra is called Devadalana, has 14 wheels and is 21 cubits high.
Each year these wooden Rathas (chariots) are constructed a new in accordance with religious specifications. The idols of these three deities are also made of wood and they are religiously replaced by new ones every after 12 years. After a nine-day sojourn of the deities at the country temple amidst festivities, the divine summer vacation gets over and the three return to the city temple of Lord Jagannath.
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