Rath Yatra Sacred Festival of Hindus(India)
Wooden sculpture Jagannath,
who is one of the incarnations of Krishna, as well as the protagonist Ratha
Yatra is fraught with mysterious sacred object. According to the legends of the
Hindus, the object is the remains of Krishna.
Wooden sculpture, staying in a
humid climate, and subjected to the negative impact created by the environment,
gradually deteriorates. For this reason, once a decade, made a new wooden
sculpture, which is transferred and mysterious object.
The person performing the rite
of transfer of the remains of the so-called Krishna, to be blindfolded and his
hands are wrapped with a cloth. Indians noticed that the perpetrator of this
rite lives after not more than a year, so this honorable mission given to the
priests, who crossed the line of ninety.
During the Ratha Yatra sculpture Jagannath carried out of the cathedral, setting it on a giant chariot
to make a trip to the temple, located in the neighborhood. In order to bring a
huge chariot in motion requires a lot of effort, so it moves the whole crowd of
people.
The population of a small
Indian town of Puri, where about two hundred thousand people during the holiday
increases up to a million.
During the solemn procession
each of Hindus seeking to touch the sacred wagon, because this action is
equivalent to commit several good deeds. Not surprisingly, that has created an
incredible jam where to get under the chariot everyone can. The opportunity to
die in the crush is not very much and scare the Indians, because these dead
expects Vaikuntha, which guarantees eternal bliss. People pulling the chariot
over the ropes, to forgive sins for the whole year.
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