PURI, INDIA, July 15, 2024 (The Hindu): Thousands of devotees pulled the chariots of sibling Deities — Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra — on the Bahuda Yatra or return car festival on July 15. Devotees started pulling Lord Balabhdra’s chariot Taladwaja at 3:25 p.m. and Devi Subhadra’s Devadalan at 4 p.m. The Deities left the Jagannath temple on July 7 during the Rath Yatra and reached Gundicha temple, considered Their birthplace. They stayed there for a week and are now returning to the Jagannath temple. Earlier, the trinity was ceremonially taken to Their respective chariots from the Gundicha Temple in prethe sence of hundreds of thousands of devotees.

Source: The Hindu July 18, 2024 01:45 UTC