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The world famous Car Festival of Lord Jagannath is held on' AshadhaSukla Dwitiya' the 2nd day of the bright fort-night of Ashadha (June- July) every year. This festival is popularly known as Ratha Yatra, Gundicha Yatra and also Ghosha Yatra. On the Car Festival day, the deities are taken out of the temple and placed in their respective chariots, kept near the Singhadwar. The deities are carried to the chariots in a traditional ceremonial manner-first Sudarshana, followed by Balabhadra, Subhadra and Jagannath. Balabhadra and Jagannath are made to swing forward and backward in a manner called 'Pahandi'.

Rath Yatra, the Festival of Chariots, is one of those rare and unique occasion where the Gods (Lord Balabhadra, Lord Subhadra, Lord Jagannath) come out of their abode inside the Temple or Sri Mandir, and mix and mingle with their devotees outside the Temple. While outside, they primarily visit the Gundicha Temple alongwith a lot of festivities associated with an equally innumerable folklore. Held in the Holy City of Puri, India and held during the months of June / July, this festival marks and commemorates some of the finer fabrics of humanity often extending beyond the realms and values and doctrines of the Hindu religion.