Temple car
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Temple cars or Temple chariots romanized tiruttēr are used to carry representations of Hindu deities around the streets of a temple on festival days. These chariots are generally manually pulled by th
Temple car procession during Thanjavur Chariot festival decorated with Thombais , Tamil Nadu.
Tiruvadmarudur Temple chariot in 1913.
Stone temple car in the Vitthala Temple built during Vijayanagara Empire, India.
Someshwara Temple chariot in 1918.
Jagannath
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Jagannath is a Hindu deity worshipped as part of a triad along with his brother, Balabhadra, and his sister, Subhadra.
Temple car
…Jagannath Temple to the Gundicha Temple in massive wooden chariots. The size of the largest temple cars inspired the Anglo-Indian term Juggernaut (from Jagannath), signifying a tremendous, virtually unstoppable force or phenomenon. Temple cars are used during festivals called Ratha Yatra or Rath Yatra is a…
A murti of Jagannath
Idol of Jagannath, 2011
Jagannath icons are produced from wood. They are replaced every 8 or 12 or 19 years. Above: logs in transport to prepare the Jagannath icon.
2007 Jagannath Chariot Festival in Puri, Odisha