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May 3 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
#AkshayaTritiya 2022
The chariot construction work for Puri Ratha Yatra commences today at ‘Ratha Khala’ on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya.  😍🙏🏼↓

On the auspicious day of Akshaya Trutiya, the ‘Agyanaa Mala’ (consent garland of Mahaprabhu) is received
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and Ratha Katha Anukula ritual is performed.
This starts the process of chariot construction for Prabhu Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra & Mahaprabhu Jagannatha at the Bada Danda of Shree Jagannatha Temple, Puri.

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Three 12-feet-long Dhaura logs are brought to the Ratha Khala. The process begins with an axe being given the divine touch after getting the ‘Agyanaa Mala’ from the deities followed by special rituals conducted by temple priests.
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Altogether 198 persons, including carpenters, Bhoi servitors and artists have been engaged in the making of the chariots. As per tradition, the carpenters use 742 pieces of wooden logs of different species for the construction of Jagannath’s chariot,
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731 logs for Balabhdra’s chariot and 711 logs for Subhadra’s.

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