The Silent Journey of Lord Jagannath
We celebrate "Rathayatra" to mark Lord Jagannath's Journey to his Maternal Aunt's house and his return is celebrated as "Phira Rath". Rathayatra is celebrated in many corners of India including Assam. Today we are going to talk about my Village "Jarailtola" and how we celebrated it. Yes 'celebrated' as we do not celebrate it anymore or may be I should say we are not able to celebrate it anymore due to COVID19. Empty Road The roads are empty this year just like the previous year. Both sides of the road used to be filled with temporary stalls. People would open temporary stalls during both "Rathayatra" and "Phira Rath" there would be some stalls of food, some potters would open stalls displaying toys and little idols made of clay and ofcourse there used to be a special stall for Ice Cream man. Potter's Stall Displaying Toys and Idols made of Clay A plate of Momos and a Glass of Chus...