| As temperatures peak, respite arrives for more than half the country with the first monsoon showers. Schools reopen albeit with the delay of a week in some Northen States to spare the young ones the sapping heat.  July sees the conducting of the auspicious Ratha Yatra, also referred to as Rathajatra or Chariot festival. A public procession of the deities Jagannath (Lord Vishnu's avatar), Balabhadra (Lord Jagannath's brother), Subhadra (Lord Jagannath's sister) and Sudarshana Chakra (Lord Jagannath's weapon) is conducted in a chariot (ratha). Rath Yatra at Puri attracts hundreds of pilgrims who join the procession each year. The event is a major community heritage, being an occasion for social sharing and cultural propagation.
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