Rathas and Rajas: the car festival at Puri

Kulke, Hermann

In: The Journal of Orissan History, 1 (1980), Nr. 1. pp. 28-39

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Abstract

The ratha yatra of Puri is India's "car festival" per excellence and the temple car which carries Jagannatha, Lord of the Universe,every year in the month of Asadha (June/July) from his temple to his summer residence is the most famous in India.

Document type: Article
Version: Secondary publication
Date Deposited: 01 Jun 2017
Faculties / Institutes: Miscellaneous > Individual person
DDC-classification: Religions of Indic origin
Controlled Keywords: Puri, Jagannatha, Festival
Uncontrolled Keywords: Puri, Jagannatha, Festival / Puri, Jagannatha, Car festival
Subject (classification): Anthropology
Religion and Philosophy
Countries/Regions: India
Series: Personen > Schriften von Hermann Kulke
Volume: 25