Festivals

The festivals of the temple draw huge {crowds of people|throngs|packed areas} not only from Odisha but also from other states of India. The festivals are, occasions of great experience and devotional fervour {nevertheless they are|nonetheless they are} also occasions for trade, industry, commerce and business activities in Puri.
A festival in this connection is known as a 'Yatra', which simply means a visit. Festivals are the following:

Chandana Yatra:

This kind of festival takes place in the month of Vaisakha and continues days. But technically speaking, it is of long 42. The rites observed on the other 21  simple and less significant. In the first half 21, the representative images of the god are in a procession to the famous tank called Narendra Pokhari. They are taken round the lake in beautifully {embellished|adorned|furnished} and illuminated boats each day. Thousands enjoy the festival with great delight.

Snana Yatra:

This festival takes place in the full day in the month of Jyestha, popularly known as the Deva Snana Purnima. This - is the first occasion a year when the wooden images of the three principal deities of the Puri temple, are brought out of the sanctum sanctorum in a procession and on the Snana Vedi and are bathed with 108 pitchers of water. The usual daily rituals continue thereafter in the Snana Vedi this juncture Jagannatha and Balabhadra are dressed like Ganesa with the of an elephant. Deva Snana Purnima the second day of bright Asadha, the deities should not be seen on the 'Ratnavedi' in the sanctum. worshipped secretly. Preparations for the Car Festival would {maintain|take|have} progress and the deities would be seen only before they are taken out of the temple to in Festival.

Ratha Yatra:

The Ratha Yatra of Jagannatha is commonly known as Car. It is also known as Gundicha Yatra.to the tradition current in Odisha, Gundicha was the name of the queen of Indradyumna, the legendary builder of the first temple. As Gundicha had initiated this, it is known after her name. This of international fame place in the month of Asadha. It is a nine-day festival, when the deities are the Gundicha temple located at temple over the Grand Road in 3 gorgeously decorated chariots, specially made of 3 deities. Normally, the chariot reach the destination (the Gundicha temple) by the first day of the festival and on the ninth day, the deities are helped bring back to on the same chariot. Thus, the deities spend full seven-days in the Gundicha temple. The return journey is called Bahuda Yatra performed on the same manner, as Ratha Yatra other religious rites are performed on the chariot on that day including special dressing of the deities after which the deities are taken to the sanctum sanctoram. Logs of wood for the chariots are obtained from the forests of Dasapalla located at a distance 200 km's. from Puri The chariot are dismantled after the festival is over. The special names of these three chariots are as follows: (i) Jagannatha - Nandighosa, '(ii) Balabhadra Taladhvaja and (iii) Subhadra - Devadalana of the fabrics used to the chariots are, green and black correspondingly, mixed with red. The order of movement of the chariots from the temple gate towards the Gundica temple are (a) Balabhadra, (b) Subhadra and lastly, (c) Jagannatha. The deities are the temple to the chariot in a swinging manner, which is locally called Pahandi. They are {designed to|built to} swing forward and {in reverse|backwards} in the process of which there is a little forward movement in each effort. After the deities are seated on their respective chariots, the Raja of Puri sweeps the floor of the chariots (locally called Chera Pahanra) and this is a great attraction during the Ratha Yatra. This kind of signifies that even the highest sovereign power of the country a servant, before the. After the sweeping, the charioteers are seated on the chariots, the horses (four in each chariot) are tied and the (usually four in each chariot) are fitted. A huge log as the break of each chariot. Then the people are allowed to the chariots in. the order mentioned earlier, of caste, creed, sect, religion and sex.

This liberty indicates that the god is  person  and grants equal all. This festival also that, the deities desire to come down to  the common people for some time and move with them that Gundica temple was your place where Jagannatha had his first  form and therefore, it is the place of Jagannatha.