Closer Look at 3 Raths of Ahmedabad’s Rathyatra (Video)

Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat

Rathyatra is the biggest street festival in the city of Ahmedabad. On the Rathyatra day, three wooden chariots with Hindu lords’ idols inside are pulled on eastern Ahmedabad’s 15 kilometers of roads from morning till evening by devotees from Khalas community. Lakhs of people from all over the city rush to the route of Rathyatra for Darshan.

Here is a video about three wooden old rath that are being prepared, repaired and decorated for Rathyatra day. Art of wooden sculptures and different elements of three raths are well narrated in this video.