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12 unusual facts about Ratha


Banka district

A Ratha-Yatra procession of Lord Madhusudanah occurs every year on the same day as the Rath Yatra procession in Puri.

Dinaelurus

Dinaelurus crassus is the ancestor of the fictional species, Dinaelurus illumina sapiens, in the Ratha or "Named" series by author Clare Bell.

Ganpati Temple

Ratha is pulled by the Ganpati devotees up to stream where they do immersion of Ganpati.

Pancha Rathas

The architectural elegance of the Dharmaraja Ratha is its pyramidal structure which rises in three steps.

Next in line is the Bhima Ratha built to a rectangular plan and with lion mounted columned (four columns) galleries on both long sides.

The next in order is the Arjuna Ratha, which is well decorated with an elegant façade and is akin to the Dharmaraja Ratha.

The Draupadi Ratha, which is the last in the line, is a square structure, which resembles a village hut with thatch roof.

Ratha's Challenge

Ratha's Challenge is the fourth book in The Books of the Named series of young adult prehistoric fiction novels by Clare Bell.

Shalya

Shalya was an incredibly calm and deliberate fighter, which why he was such a good charioteer and why he could excel at mace-fighting despite his unimposing bulk.

Shivani, Tarikere

The Car Festival of Anjaneya Swamy (a.k.a., Anjaneyana Theru/Ratha, Hanumappana Theru) and Gullammana Habba are the popular annual event.

Shri Guru Kottureshwara Temple

The Lord Guru Kottureshwara idol is kept inside the Ratha and then he is served milk (Kannada: ಗಿಣ್ಣು-ಹಾಲು) by the tribal people.

Sudeshna

Sairandhri chimes in that Uttar should take Brihannala(actually Arjuna in disguise) as his charioteer, saying that if Uttar did so, no harm would come to him.


Bhima Ratha

The ratha is reminiscent of Buddhist cave architecture, such as Sala-Sikhara.

Musikas

:"And in the second year (he), disregarding Satakamini, dispatches to the western regions an army strong in cavalry, elephants, infantry (nara) and chariots (ratha) and by that army having reached the Kanha-bemna, he throws the city of the Musikas into consternation."

Ratha Saptami

It is symbolically represented in the form of the Sun God Surya turning his Ratha (Chariot) drawn by seven horses, with Aruna as the charioteer, towards the northern hemisphere, in a north-easterly direction.

Sino-Indian War

A Hindi movie Haqeeqat (1964) and a Tamil movie Ratha Thilagam (1963) were based on events of the Sino-Indian war.