Rath Yatra begins at Ahmedabad’s Jagannath Temple, Gujarat CM offers prayers

Ahmedabad (Gujarat): Rath Yatra began at Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Monday ahead of which Chief Minister Vijay Rupani offered his prayers to Lord Jagannath.

Jagannath Temple is all decked up ahead of Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad. Heavy security has been deployed outside the temple.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Lord Jagannath Temple in the early hours of Monday.

અમદાવાદ શ્રી જગન્નાથજી મંદિર ખાતે ભગવાન શ્રી જગન્નાથજીની રથયાત્રાનો શુભારંભ પહિંદવિધી કરાવીને કર્યો હતો. ભગવાન જગન્નાથજીની રથયાત્રા એ લોકોત્સવ છે, જન-જનનો ઉત્સવ છે.

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जय जगन्नाथ!

Jai Jagannath!#RathYatra2021 pic.twitter.com/UVbKmFkKqh

— Vijay Rupani (@vijayrupanibjp) July 12, 2021

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Gujarat, also visited the temple in Ahmedabad to offer prayers on early Monday morning before the annual Rath Yatra took off from the temple.