Tarapith Rath Yatra

Tarapith Rath Yatra
Type Hindu religious festival
Observed by Hindus in West Bengal
Date (2025) June 27
Frequency Annual
Significance Chariot procession of Goddess Tara
Related to Rath Yatra, Tarapith, Shaktism

Tarapith Rath Yatra (Bengali: তারাপীঠ রথযাত্রা) is a Hindu religious festival observed annually at the Tarapith temple in Birbhum district, West Bengal, India. It is held on the same day as the Rath Yatra in Puri, usually in the Hindu month of Ashadha (June–July). On this day, the idol of Tara Devi is placed on a chariot and pulled around the temple complex in a procession.

Tara
Compassion, Destruction, Protection, Tantric Liberation
Goddess Tārā with Bāmakṣepa at Poush Kālī Puja, Kolkata
AffiliationMahavidya, Devi, Shaktism
AbodeCremation ground (Shmashana)
MantraOṃ Tārāyai Namaḥ
MountCorpse (Shava)
TextsTara Tantra, Rudrayamala, Devi Bhagavata Purana
FestivalsKali Puja,Kaushiki Amavasya, Navaratri
ConsortTārakeshwar (regional belief)
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