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- Dictionaryyatra/ˈjɑːtrɑː/
noun
- 1. a procession or pilgrimage, especially one with a religious purpose. Indian
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A yatra or pilgrimage across a much larger area covering multiple faraway cities or sites, related to a specific deity or theme, are called the "circuit".
Yatra is a term encompassing various forms of pilgrimage or journeys associated with spiritual practices and devotion. It signifies not only a pilgrimage aimed at achieving salvation and overcoming past Karmas but also includes religious processions celebrating deities and community festivals.
Yatra(Sanskrit: यात्रा, lit. 'journey, procession', IAST: Yātrā), in Indian-origin religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainismand Sikhism, generally means a pilgrimage[1]to holy places such as confluences of sacred rivers, sacred mountains, places associated with Hindu epics such as the Mahabharataand Ramayana, and other sacred pilgrimage sites.[2]
a line of people or vehicles that move along slowly as part of a ceremony or a journey to a holy place, usually carried out for religious reasons. The pilgrims who undertake the yatra cover fifteen kilometres on foot to reach the holy temple.
Yātrā (Sanskrit: 'journey', 'procession'), in Hinduism and other Indian religions, generally means pilgrimage to holy places such as confluences of sacred rivers, places associated with Hindu epics such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana, and other sacred pilgrimage sites.
Rath Yatra: The legend behind world's largest chariot festival. 3 July 2019. Getty Images. This journey is documented in undated Hindu sacred texts known as the Puranas written a few thousand...
yatra-anantare—after the Ratha-yatra Antya 7.80 yatra-artham—just to maintain the body and soul together SB 7.15.15 yatra-chale—on the plea of the car festival Madhya 14.124 yatra-darasana—observing the Ratha-yatra festival. Madhya 16.82 yatra-kale—during the time of the car festival Antya 4.105
Rathayatra, Hindu festival of India, observed by taking an image of a deity in a procession (yatra) through the streets in a chariot (ratha). This affords darshan (auspicious viewing) of the deity to worshippers who, because of caste or sectarian restrictions, are not admitted to the sanctuary.
Aug 29, 2024 · yatra (plural yatras) A Hindu pilgrimage. The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India. Thousands of activists and vehicles therefore diffused quietly out of Delhi in the following days to reassemble in a that now swelled to 40–50,000 people.
Jul 1, 2018 · The Mahesh Rath Yatra of 1875 is of special historical significance: A young girl was lost in the fair and amongst many, the district magistrate Bankim Chandra Chattopadhya — the great Bengali poet and author of India's National song — himself went out to search for the girl.
