Puri & Bangali. Once and for all "🔰
Puri & Bangali. Once and for all " Rathjatra in Ancient Times 🔴 T he history of Bengali 's Puri Yatra is very old , nostalgic based & important . In ancient times there was no direct connection to reach Puri from Bengal , one had to reached Cuttack first,then walk for Puri by foot. This road was very inaccessible and worthless. As a result, the pilgrims were always in a state of flux for the journey to Puri. 🔴 The economy of Puri's Jagannath temple was completely dependent on these external pilgrims. More pilgrims means more income. Not only the economy of the temple but also the income of the entire area depended heavily on these pilgrims. that time Puri was very poor and backward area. So starting from temple pandas, small hotel owners, river crossing boatmen, small shopke...