The Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath is scheduled to begin today at the pilgrim town of Puri in Odisha. For information, the Jagannath Rath festival is celebrated here for 10 days with millions of devotees visiting the shrine. During this Rath Yatra, not only Lord Jagannath but the three siblings have different colours. Today, we're going to talk about something special about this.

Lord Jagannath ready to embark on tour, 'Rath Yatra' to begin today

The chariot of Lord Jagannath is called 'Garudadhwaj' or 'Kapildhwaj'.

This is the largest chariot in all the three chariots. The chariot consists of a total of 16 wheels. The height of the chariot of Lord Jagannath is 13.5 m. Red and yellow coloured cloth is used in this chariot.

7 Things About Lord Jagannath Temple

* If you look at the Sudarshan Chakra at the top of the temple from any place in Jagannath Puri, you will always see it in front of you.

* The flag installed above the temple always waves in the opposite direction of the wind.

* This temple kitchen is the world's largest kitchen.

* Every day the flag above the temple is changed by the human being.

* No devotee inside the temple can hear the sound created by the ocean as soon as you take the first step in the temple's Singhdwara, but as soon as you move out of the temple, you will be able to hear this sound.

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* 500 cooks and 300 of their assistants work together to make the Mahaprasad offered to Lord Jagannath in Jagannath Puri's kitchen. Here all the offerings are cooked in pottery only.

* Surprisingly, you will never see a bird or a plane flying from the top of this temple.

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