please trace the history of rath yatra?
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Ratha yatra also referred as chariot festival is any public occasion in chariot.The term prefers to the annual rathajatra in Odissa,Jharkand,Gujarat and other Indian States.It is particularly odia festival that involve a public procession with chariot with dieties Jagannath(vishnu),Subhadra(sister)Balvadra(brother) and Sudarshana chakra(weapon) in chariot(a wooden deula) shaped chariot.But before the chariot ride the Gajapati king does chera pahara which means sweeping the chariot with gold handled groom after that they start the journey to the mausi maa mandira (Gundicha mandira).After reaching there they enter there aunts house and live for 8 to 10 days . The day before the return mata laxmi come in angry why they had taken there sister not to her in the journey?and come and break the wheel of rath (chariot).She been so angry that she locks the door in which Lord Jagannath and his siblings had to wate for one night which is called suna besha and niladribeje. And to get inside the temple Jagannath had to agree to Goddesses laxmi by offering Rashogula.