Are you planning for Puri visit during Rath Yatra? Then it is suggested to book your Rath Yatra 2015 tour package in advance because this year it is going to be heavy rush due to Nabakalebar ceremony. Nabakalebar is the festival of celebrating the new avatar of all the three Puri temple lords. Puri Rath Yatra is a major Hindu festival that happens in the month of June or July that attracts million pilgrims every year. This is the festival where ever other cast people get opportunity to see lords. Puri Rath Yatra 2015 is going to happen on July 18 this time.
The Rath Yatra Festival begins with the invoking ceremony in the morning and the chariot pulling on the roads of Puri in afternoon is the most exciting part of the festival. The 3 deities have 3 different chariots – the chariot of Lord Jagannath, Nandighosa, has 18 wheels and is 45.6 feet high, the chariot of Lord Balabhadara, Taladhwaja has 16 wheels and is 45 feet high and the chariot of Subhadra, Devadalana has 14 wheels and is 44.6 ft high. Every year the wooden temples like chariots are constructed newly. The idols of these three deities are also made of wood and they are religiously replaced by new ones in every 12to 19 years, this is named as Nabakalebara ceremony.
Rath Yatra Puri is a grand festival for Odisha and even for all Hindus, so during that time all hotels and resorts provide wide range of Puri Rath Yatra tour packages to world over tourists with varied discounts a offers. Book your trip as soon as possible by prebooking in hotels for a hassle free visit to Puri.