AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): The traditional 14 day long Rath-Yatra for the year 2016 has been ended on Thursday.

In every districts, every town and villages there were Rath-Yara celebrations. Children made own chariots and travelled Jagannath on it.

The Rath-Yatra celebration which started in July 6 has been ended on July 14. In capital city too the Jagnnath Bari premises, was full of crowd on Thursday. Thousands of people gathered to observe the Rath-Yatra.

However, like every year, this year too an eye-catching crowd was observed in Melaghar Rath-Yatra Celebration.

At Melaghar, talking to the locals they said, ‘In Melaghar, after Durga Puja, the biggest gathering of people is for Rath Yatra. People enjoy the festival forgetting their religion and children also bring out small chariots.

But after 3  PM, especially during the Yatra / Rath-taan the crowd became unmanageable. Police and security was tighten in allover Melaghar, Agartala, Udaipur, Dharmanagar during the occasion. Melaghar RathaYatra is one of the oldest and biggest fair  of  Tripura.

The biggest Rath festival of Tripura is observed at Melaghar Jagannath Bari. From every corners of Tripura people arrives to have a glimps of Melaghar Rath. It takes place during the month of Ashar or Sraban and people from various religions participate here.

Every year in July it is held at Jagannath Bari field. Thousands of people come to increase the crowd and popularity.

The main function took place in the Jagannath Temple where hundreds of thousands of devotees thronged to pull the Chariot of Lord Jagannath. But across the whole subdivision there were stalls and small Rath-Yarta programmes.

Jagannath, which means the keeper of the universe, is believed to be an incarnation of the Hindu God Krishna.