Devotees offer prayers to Lord Jagannath at return Rath Yatra
Devotees in Vizianagaram participated in the return Rath Yatra, a 12-day religious festival honoring Lord Jagannath and his siblings. The event concluded with the deities being moved back to their temple under police supervision.
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Hundreds of devotees offered prayers to Lord Jagannath Swamy and his divine siblings— Lord Balarama and the Goddess Subhadra Devi— on Friday in the return Rath Yatra which was organised from Domalamandiram to Sri Kanyakaparameswari temple in Vizianagaram.
After performing special prayers, the priests and others brought the chariot to the Kanyakaparameswari temple as part of the return Rath Yatra. The devotees formed a long queue to offer prayers to the processional deities in the chariot.
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