The nine-day long Rath Yatra festival was celebrated by the Bishnupriya Manipuris at Maligaon in Guwahati with full enthusiasm and concludes with gaiety on 11 July, 2011. The festival of Ratha Yatra was started on 3rd July, 2011. The procession of Return Ratha Yatra of Lord Jagannath (Fira Kaang ) was taken out in the main street of Maligaon at 06:00 pm from the precinct of Sri Sri Radhamadhav Sevashram, temple(malthep) of Bishnupriya Manipuris. Sri Sri Radhamadhav Sevashram is the first and oldest malthep in Guwahati established by the Bishnupriya Manipuris in the year 1954 and situated in the foot of Nilachal hills where Kamakhya temple is situated. Numbers of community people from different areas of Guwahati joined the procession with enthusiasm accompanying and pulling the chariot, singing devotional songs with drums etc.
The devotees offered puja before the deity of Lord Jagannath and sang devotional aratis and 'Jaidev ' by standing in a circular line by all the devotees in the malthep. After the 'Jaidev' is over, all devotees were offered with khichri prasad. The arrangement for the khichri prasad known as 'kechurir pali ' was done by the community people of TV Tower area of Guwahati.
Similarly, like rest of the devotees of Lord Jagannath in India
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