CUTTACK: Rath Yatra was celebrated with pulling of chariots in different parts of the state on Wednesday but people of Nijigada at Tigiria in Cuttack district will do so on Thursday.
According to legend, King Jagannath Kshetriya Birabara Champati Singh Mohapatra was a devotee of Jagannath and was had the honour of performing an important ritual (bada parichha seva) on Rath Yatra in Puri. He used to travel to Puri to take part in the festival. On returning the next day, he conducted the festival in his kingdom, explained managing trustee of Prasannamani temple Sankarshan Mohanty.