Puri: Bahuda Yatra, the return of the Holy Trinity, Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath, to their abode Srimandir commenced on Saturday after a seven-day-long sojourn at Gundicha temple in Puri. After witnessing a grand spectacle on the occasion of Srigundicha, devotees are all charged up to pull the three chariots of the deities back to their abode Srimandir, after a seven-day sojourn of the Trinity at Gundicha temple.
'Bahuda' in Odia means 'return'. Security has been beefed up around Puri to ensure smooth conduct of the Bahuda Yatra. The annual nine-day festival wherein the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra are pulled from and to the Puri Jagannath temple is called the Rath Yatra. The Rath Yatra is one of the biggest religious events across the country held in one of the four major pilgrimages or the Chard Dhams in the country- the Puri Jagannath temple.
