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ratha Yatra .. ରଥ ଯାତ୍ରା                         1..this spectacular chariot festival is held at the famous jagannath temple in puri.ratha Yatra is also known as the car festival.this festival is celebrated in the Asadha month of the Hindu calendar , on the second day of the lunar fortnight, that falls during June-july. 2..Rath Yatra is celebrated in the honour of lord Jagannath who is believed to be an incarnation of Vishnu.One of the many legends goes that indradyamana, the king of Avanti, went to puri to have darshan of Vishnu, but he found that the God had  disappeared . The sage Narad assured indradyamana that Vishnu would appear before him in the temple in the form of three wooden images. when a big tree , radiant  with light  was seen floating in the sea, Narada told him to make tree idols out of it and place them in a pavilion.indradyamana got Visvakarma- the architect of Gods-to build a magnificent temple to  house the idols and Vishnu himself appeared in the guise of a carpen