श्रीजगन्नाथजीका जो लोग भक्तिपूर्वक दर्शन करते हैं, उनका भगवान्‌के धाममें निवास होता है। जिनके नामका संकीर्तन करनेमात्रसे सौ जन्मोंका पाप नष्ट हो जाता है, रथमें स्थित हो महावेदीकी ओर जाते हुए उन पुरुषोत्तम श्रीकृष्ण, बलभद्र और सुभद्राजीका दर्शन करके मनुष्य अपने करोडों जन्मोंके पापोंका नाश कर लेता है ….

Finally comes the Ratha Yatra on the second day of the bright fortnight of the month of Ashadha, when the three deities come out of the temple in a specacular procession called Pahandi. The deities, which are colossal wooden statues, adorned with giant floral crowns, called Tahias, are literally pulled, pushed and dragged in rhythmic movement to the

Naming some prominent holy places, Lord Shiva had told Kartikeya that Ayodhya, Dwarka, Kashi, Mathura, Avanti, Kurukshetra, Ramteerth, Kanchi, Purushottam kshetra, Pushkar kshetra, Varah kshetra and Badrikashram were capable of liberating a man from the sorrows of this world.’….