Puri Rath Yatra Tragedy: One Dead, Nearly 100 Hospitalised in Crowd Surge

In this article, we discuss the Puri Rath Yatra 2026. During the Rath Yatra, a huge crowd of devotees gathered to see Lord Jagannath’s holy parade. In this article, we discuss what happened on the Bada Danda, what Rath Yatra actually is and the uncomfortable pattern of the parade. We also cover how people lost their lives, many were injured, and several devotees became sick because of the heavy crowd.