ART INTEGRATION

PROJECT
RATH YATRA
Name : Neel Wankhade
Class : X-F
Roll no. : 20
 HAPPY RATH YATRA!!...
JAI
JAI
BALABHADRA!
SUBHADRA!

JAI JAGANNATH!
Q. Find the number of revolutions made by each wheel of the chariot while
travelling the distance from Jagannath temple to Gundicha Mata temple.

distance between Jagannath temple and Gundicha Mata Temple = 3km

= 3000m

let radius of wheel of a chariot be = 1.06 m

1.06 m
circumference of wheel = 2πr = 2*3.14*1.06 = 6.65m
circumference = total distance/no. revolutions

no. of revolutions = total dist./circumference

= 3000/6.65
= 451.14(approx.)

∴ The no. revolutions made by each wheel of the chariot while travelling the
distance from Jagannath temple to Gundicha Mata temple is 451.15(approx.)
 MYSTERIES OF JAGANNATH TEMPLE
These
are the
Mystic cooking style of
Warm air
opposite Cool sea Jgannath Temple Puri
breeze
Cool land
breezes Warm
air The food
breeze that only in the
occur on topmost
Land the Puri Land
pot gets
cooler Sea coast cooked 1st.
warmer The one
warmer near the Sea cooler directly
Day temple. Night facing the
flame gets
Direction of wind cooked at
the last.
 Mysteries of Jagannath temple
• The flag at the top of the temple strangely always floats in the opposite direction of wind.
The flag floating in opposite direction brings your scientific reasoning to a halt, and you
just tend to believe that there is some force more powerful than science. No scientific law
has been identified for this.

• Pots are actually used to cook this special delicacy using firewood. 7 pots are used for this
and they are placed one on top of another. Interesting to note here is that the contents of
the topmost pot gets cooked first, followed by the bottom pots.

• No birds or planes fly above the temple. By contrast, such an aspect is a rarity at any other
temple in India. The site is a no-fly zone actually, which has not been declared by any state
powers, but by some divine power. This phenomenon also apparently has no explanation. It
still remains a mystery.
• In any part of the world, you must have witnessed that during daytime, the wind from sea
comes to the land, whereas the wind from the land blows toward sea at evening. However, in
Puri, the geographical laws are also reversed. Here, just the opposite thing happens. This
also follows the same thing about science.
 रथयात्रायाः
• अद्य अत्र के न्बरानगरे मन्दिरस्य निकटे रथयात्रायाः अयोजनः आसीत्।
• यात्रा प्रायः एकहोरापर्यन्तम् आसीत्।
• मन्दिरस्य समीपे त्रिषु मर्गेषु यात्रा अगच्छत्।
• रथस्य शृङ्गारः अतीवसुन्दरः आसीत्। अनेकाः भक्ताः रथं उत्कर्षन्ति स्म।
• जनाः गृहात् बहिरागच्छन् पश्यति स्म भाचित्रं च अवतारयन्ति स्म।
• उत्सवः अत्यन्तः आनन्ददायिकः आसीत्।

अनाथस्य जगन्नाथ नाथस्त्वं मे न संशयः ।

यस्य नाथो जगन्नाथस्तस्य दुःखं कथं प्रभो ॥

कदाचित् कालिन्दी तट विपिन सङ्गीत तरलो

मुदाभीरी नारी वदन कमलास्वाद मधुपः ।
रमा शम्भु ब्रह्मामर पति गणेशार्चित पदो
जगन्नाथः स्वामी नयन पथ गामी भवतु मे ॥
HAPPY RATH YATRA !!
 Rath Yatra
 One of India's biggest religious festivals, the Jagannath Puri Rath is unique festival in which three Hindu gods are taken out of
their temples in a colourful procession to meet their devotees.

 One of the biggest of these processions take place at Puri, a coastal city in Odisha.

 Believed to be the oldest Rath Yatra or chariot procession in the world, this festival marks the annual ceremonial procession of
Lord Jagannath, his elder brother Balabhadra and younger sister Subhadra, from their home temple to another temple, located in
what is believed to be their aunt's home.

 This is the only festival the world where deities are taken out of temples to travel to devotees, and is also the largest chariot
procession in the world.

 Millions of people come to watch as a "king" sweeps the road with a golden mop and three massive 18-wheeled chariots bearing
the sibling deities make their way through massive crowds.

 Their chariots, which are mini architectural marvels, are constructed over 42 days from over 4,000 pieces of wood by the only
family that has the hereditary rights to make them.a

 Legend says it always rains on the day of the procession. For a whole week before, the temple doors are shut and no one is
allowed inside, because it is believed that the sibling deities have a fever after bathing in the sun with 108 pitchers of water.

 The breaking of their fever calls for a change of scene, which is why they go to their aunt's home for a few days.
 THE DEITIES WORSHIPED
 The three chariots of Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhdra are newly
constructed every year with wood of specified trees like phassi, dhausa, etc.
They are customarily brought from the ex-princely state of Dasapalla by a
specialist team of carpenters who have hereditary rights and privileges for the
same.

 The three deities worshipped during this festival of Rath Yatra are locally known
as BALABHADRA, SUBHADRA, AND JAGANNATHA.

 The 3 chariots during the yatra(journey) to their Aunt’s home, i.e., Gundicha
Mata Temple travel in a line following a sequence.

 1st is the elder brother Balabhadra followed by their sister Subhadra followed by
Jagannath(or Krishna).

 They stay there for 9 days.

There are several local legends related to jagannath rath yatra. Two of it are :-

  King of Puri in the east, who tried to steal the Hindu god Krishna's heart. It had been immersed
in the legendary Dwarka sea after his cremation and had reappeared to the tribes people of the
place as an idol. When Indrayumna tried to claim its possession, the idol disappeared. The
repentant king sought absolution from Krishna by sanctifying him in another form.

 Another speaks of how Krishna's grief-stuck siblings - his elder brother Balabhadra and younger
sister Subhadra- rushed into the Dwarka sea carrying his half-cremated body. At the same
moment, King Indrayumna dreamed that Krishna's body had floated back up on his shores as a log.

The two legends merge here: Indrayumna decided to build a temple to house the log. His next task
was to find someone to craft the idols from it. Legends say that Vishwakarma, God's own architect,
arrived as an old carpenter. He agreed to carve the idols, but on the condition that he was not to be
disturbed. However, when he did not emerge from his workshop for weeks, going without food, water
or rest, a worried and impatient King threw the door open.

At the time the images were only half-finished, but the carpenter disappeared. Still, believing the
idols to be made from the very body of God, the King sanctified them and and placed them in the
temple.

When the deities disintegrate, they are remade in the same half-done image with new wood every 12
years. They were last remade in 2015
 SENSE OF COLLECTIVE
BELONGING
Rath yatra made people to believe that they’re all a part of the
same nation, country. The people discovered that they have some unity in
their diversity. Figures and ideals bound the people together.Folklores
are sung to give a true picture of traditional culture. The people unite
together to pull those ropes anchored to the chariots of lord. In this
festival of RATH YATRA no gender or caste discrimination is practiced
by any devotee.
 FOOD ITEMS USED FOR
LORD JAGANNATH’S PRASAD
Sankudi mahaprasad
includes items like :
• Khesedi
• Poda Pitha
• Dalma
• Santula
• Rasabali
• Chenna Poda
• Malpua
• Ukhuda
• Khaja, etc.

All these are offered to

the Lord jagannath in ritualistic
ways.
 It is said that every day 56 types of Prasad are offered to the Lord during the time
of worship and all of these are prepared in the kitchens of the temple and sold to
the devotees in Ananda Bazaar by the Suaras who are the makers of the Prasad.
 Sukhila mahaprasad consists of dry sweetmeats .

CROPS REQUIRED
 Rice is a major crop of Odisha, bhumin is the best.. Lentils such as pigeon peas
and moong beans are another major ingredients.
 Indigenous vegetables used in Odia cuisine are Pumpkin, Gourd , plantains, 
jackfruit, and papaya. Recently introduced vegetables such as chilies, potatoes,
cauliflower, and cabbage are also used alongside local vegetables.
 The curries are garnished with dried raw mango (ambula).
 Panchaw phutana is a blend of five spices that is widely used in Odia cuisine. It
contains mustard, cumin, fenugreek, aniseed and kalonji(onion seeds). Garlic, onion
 and ginger are used in most of the food. Temple food preparation doesn't allow
the use of garlic or onion. Turmeric and red chillies are used regularly.
 Major crops of Odisha
 Rice is the major crop of Odisha, grown all over the state.

 Pulses are also grown all over the state, but Rabi pulses such as gram, urad,
moong are grown in Sundargarh, Mayurbhanj, Khandimal, Rayagada, Koraput
Gajapati, Angul, etc. Gram crop has a major share under area sown (65%) a

production (72%) followed by lentil and field pea.