Temple car
Videos
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.
Juggernaut
Videos
A juggernaut, in current English usage, is a literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, merciless, and destructive, and often, by implication, out of control.
Temple car
…from the main 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…
The Car of Juggernaut, as depicted in the 1851 Illustrated London Reading Book
The festival (2007) in Jagannath Temple, Puri, Odisha, India
Juggernaut cart in the Ulsoor temple complex in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, around 1870