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Ratha Yatra: Hindu festival
Rath Yatra, or chariot festival or Car Festival, is any public procession in a chariot. They are held annually during festivals in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The term also refers to the popular annual Ratha Yatra of Puri that involves a public procession with a chariot with deities Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra, and Sudarshana Chakra on a ratha, which is a wooden deula-shaped chariot.

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