A huge crowd of devotees, full of religious sentiments, gathered in various Jagannath Dhams of the district on Friday for the Rath Yatra of Mahaprabhu Jagannath, Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra. Mahaprabhu Jagannath reached Mausibari from Dham riding on the chariot. All the rituals including worship, aarti were performed by Mahant Ram Naresh Sharan of Ayodhya Lal Saheb Darbar, Mahant Om Prakash Sharan of Shri Ram Janaki Tapovan Temple, priest of Thakurbari Temple Mohan Das, Manoj Das, Ayodhya Das, Sarvesh Pathak, Piyush Sharan, Aditya Goswami etc. on the chariot that started from Shri Shri 1008 Shri Jagannath Mahaprabhu Thakurbari Temple.
During this time, there was a continuous flow of devotees in the Jagannath temples from the city to the rural areas. On the day of Rath Yatra, special worship of the deities was done in Jagannath Dhams and Mausibari. The Rath Yatra started from Thakurbari located in Gudri Bazaar of the city, which reached Mausibari via Mahavir Temple, East Gola Road. Rath Yatra started from three Jagannath Dhams Thakurbari, Tetartar and Tiwari Dura temple in the city, which reached Mausibari via various squares and intersections of the urban area. On the day of Rath Yatra, thousands of male and female devotees reached Thakurbari temple located in Gudri Bazaar and took darshan of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra. Special arrangements were made by the temple management for the Rath Yatra.
Thousands of people participated in the historic Rath Yatra organized in Bhandra block. The grand Rath Yatra of the Lord started from Thakurbari located near the police station premises, which concluded by reaching Mausibari located in Akhileshwar Dham temple. Along with this, thousands of people gathered in the fair held in Bhandra Bazaar Tand. Rath Yatra was organized in Koramba of Senha block. Devotees arrived in large numbers from remote villages of the block to see the unique beauty of the sanctum sanctorum of the temple and the deities mounted on the chariot.