PM Narendra Modi greets people on occasion of 146th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath

The 146th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath commenced on Tuesday morning in Ahmedabad amid tight security Rath Yatra is a festival associated with Lord Jagannath The chariot festival is celebrated annuallyLakhs of devotees flocked the 18km route of the procession to catch a glimpse of the deityPrime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on the occasion of Rath Yatra saying may the divine journey of Lord Jagannath fill everyones lives with health happiness and spiritual enrichmentRath Yatra greetings to everyone As we celebrate this sacred occasion may the divine journey of Lord Jagannath fill our lives with health happiness and spiritual enrichment PM Modi said in a tweetThe Gujarat Police have for the first time in the Rath Yatra used 3D mapping technology to monitor the entire routeGujarat CM Bhupendra Patel in the morning performed Pahind Vidhi a symbolic ritual of cleaning the way for the chariots using a golden broom following which the chariots of Lord Jagannath his brother Balbhadra and sister Subhadra embarked on the yatra from the 400yearold Jagannath Temple in Jamalpur areaUnion Home Minister Amit Shah performed mangla aarti auspicious ritual to pay obeisance to the deity in the temple early Tuesday morningMore than 26000 personnel drawn from the city police Home Guards State Reserve Police and paramilitary forces were deployed at strategic locations along the 18kmlong yatra route to prevent any untoward incident as per officialsOn Tuesday President Droupadi Murmu too greeted people on the occasion of Lord Jagannaths Rath YatraOn the occasion of the commencement of the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath I extend my heartiest congratulations and best wishes to all the countrymen especially the devotees of Lord Jagannath I pray to Mahaprabhu Jagannath that this festival of devotion and dedication brings happiness peace and prosperity in everyones life Jai Jagannath Murmu tweeted in Hindi and Odiawith inputs from agencies