Lord Jagannath Rathyatra, began on Thursday morning from the
400-year-old Jagannath forehead in Jamalpur area, amidst tight safety
arrangements.
As each tradition, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi,
performed the 'Pahind Vidhi' connected with rathyatra (symbolic way cleaning on
chariot connected with Lord Jagannath) then the annual rathyatra connected with
Lord Jagannath, Head of the family Baldev and their own sister Devi Subhadra
commenced. State chief minister likewise pulled the chariot connected with Lord
Jagganath out of the temple premises, an age old traditions.
"After Puri, Ahmedabad's rathyatra near your vicinity
and world has grown to be centre of appeal. Thousands of saints get to Gujarat
to participate in this rathyatra, "Modi told newsmen.
"I pray for you to Lord Jagannath that Gujarat which
has been successful throughout attaining new heights of development having
peace, unity and sadhbhavana ought to prosper and progress more while using the
lord's blessing," he said.
"On this occasion of rathyatra, I pray on Lord's feet
that even this season the rains must be good during this monsoon," Modi
said.
The 14-km route on the procession will move across
communally sensitive localities from the city like Kalupur, Prem Darwaja, Delhi
Chakla, Dariyapur as well as Shahpur, amidst effective security arrangements.
For initially GPS as well as hidden cameras will be used
with the police.
