arjun becomes the charioteer sarathi of the chariota very special arrangement is made every year by the government of odisha for this processions as the devotees gather from all around the world to witness lord jagannath rath yatrajagannath rath yatra 2022 rituals this rath yatra of lord jagannath commenced today puri shankaracharya nischalananda saraswati offered his prayers to the three deities atop their respective chariots before the commencement of pulling of chariots after performing all the rituals the three main deities goddess subhadra lord jagannath and lord balabhadra are seated in their respective chariotsthe security is very tight as the lakhs of devotees have participated in the procession to have a glimpse of the deity and to witness this scared and religious activity the participation of devotees in the rath yatra has been allowed this time after a gap of two years following the covid pandemic the king of puri gajapati dibyasingha deb performed the chhera pahnra which is a symbolic ritual of cleaning the path for the chariots by using a golden bloom before starting jagannath rath yatrarenowned sand artist sudarsan pattnaik has made magnificent sand art with the message on this rath yatra let us pledge to say no to singleuse plastic he also created 125 sand chariots to mark the rath yatra of lord jagannath at puri beachjagannath rath yatra mantra 1 nilachala nivasayanityaya parmatmane balabhadra subhadrayam jagannathaya te namah2 shree krishna govindhare murari hey nath narayan vasudeva3 achyutam keshvam krishna damodaramram narayanam jaanki vallabham4 hare krishna hare krishnakrishna krishna hare harehare rama hare ramarama rama hare hare