Puja Celebrations on Pitara Kids Networkhttps://www.pitara.com/tags/puja-celebrations/Recent content in Puja Celebrations on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530Ratha Yatrahttps://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/ratha-yatra/Sat, 21 Nov 1998 06:25:30 +0000https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/ratha-yatra/<p><em>Excerpts from the book &ldquo;Festivals of India&rdquo;</em><br> Published by National Book Trust, India.</p> <p>Festivals bring large numbers of people together in a spirit of joy or devotion, or both. But there is one festival that combines joy and devotion with physical rigour. This is the Car Festival of Lord Jagannath at Puri, in Orissa, popularly known as the Rath Yatra. On this occasion devotees join hands to pull the massive chariots of their deities over a three-kilometre distance.</p>