Rath Yatra the greatest  festival of the Supreme divinity who has manifested in Kaliyuga to emancipate humanity and to relieve them from their suffering and to  redeem the fallen and wipes out all the sins of devotees. Even ,  the touch of the ropes of the chariot are enough to confer the results of the several pious deeds or penance for ages. It is said “Rathe tu vamanam drishtavapurarjanamam na vidyate.” The glimpse of the  divine  Shree Jagannath  , Shree Balabhadra and  mata Subhadra  frees  the devotees from cycle of birth and rebirth (Mokshya) .In  Puri, lakhs of devotees pull the chariot with utmost devotion and experience the divine. After nine days of their  stay  at Gundicha temple , the Lord returns  back to the Temple , as a part of the festival known as  “Bahuda yatra“.

The Rath  Yatra  is celebrated with  devotion and serenity in the temple campus. Thousands of devotees from Pondicherry and adjoining   area  participate  and celebrate the Rath Yatra festival  by pulling their chariots , on both the days of Gundicha and Bahuda .