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The Ratha Yatra of Puri, also popularly known as the Ratha Jatra ('chariot festival') and this festival is considered to be the oldest and largest Hindu chariot festival celebrated annually, on the month of Ashadh (June–July). The festival is held at the city of Puri, in the state of Odisha, and it is associated with the Lord Jagannath (a form of  Krishna. During the festival, three deities (Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra) are drawn by numerous devotees in three massive, w..