Ratha—temple cart or chariot, used during religious festival to carry the Deities.Prabhupada ›Glossary›-R-›Ratha-temple cart or chariot, Ratha-temple cart or chariot, used during religious festival to carry the Deities. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/glossary/r/ratha-temple-cart-or-chariot-used-during-religious-festival- Previous: Ratha-yatra-the festival celebrating Krsna's return to Vrndavana; The journey of the chariots, a traditional Vaisnava festival held every year at Jagannatha Puri in Orissa. In Puri the devotees place the immense Deity forms of Jagannatha, Baladeva and Lady Subhadra on three towering, huge gaily decorated canopied chariots, each having sixteen wheels. Thousands of people pull these cars to the Gundica temple, where Lord Jagannatha abides for seven days, after which there is a return Ratha-yatra to the Jagannatha Temple. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates gathered every year to observe this celebration with a massive festival of saṅkirtana. This great celebration of Ratha-yatra is now being held all over the world by the arrangement of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Next: Rati-a strong attraction to God that precedes bhava (mature ecstasy) and prema (mature love of God).