A Ratha-Yatra or kang is a Hindu festival that involves transporting deities on a chariot (called a ratha or kang).[1] Accidents involving people being crushed under the wheels of the chariot have occurred,[2] and a figurative reference to a chariot containing Lord Jagannath has resulted in the English word juggernaut to refer to an unstoppable force.[1]
"Ratha" means chariot and "yatra" means journey. The festival thus refers to the annual journey of the divinity in the form of idols to their aunt's house. "Aunt" here refers to the feminine creative aspect of divinity.
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