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Thousands attend India's vibrant chariot festival

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On 27 June Friday Thousands gathered for the annual Ratha Yatra festival in Odisha state's Puri, the oldest and largest Hindu chariot festival.

Footage shows huge wooden 14-metre-high chariots carrying representations of the deities Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra. They are taken to the Gundicha temple, before being returned to the Jagannath temple the following week. Locals are also seen crowded around the chariots, dancing and playing instruments.

The Yatra, the annual chariot procession from the Jagannath temple to the Gundicha temple in Puri, India, features the deities Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra in decorated chariots pulled by devotees along a 3.2km route.

Every year, millions of people from all over India converge on Puri for the Rath Yatra festival. This grand event takes place in either June or July each year and is also celebrated in neighbouring Nepal and Sri Lanka.

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