<p>Ahmedabad: The 147th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath rolled out early Sunday morning in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city where a large number of devotees flocked the procession route to pay obeisance to the deity.</p>.<p>The raths (chariots) of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balbhadra and sister Subhadra are pulled by Khalashi community members as per the age-old tradition.</p>.<p>The Rath Yatra is taken out on the Ashadhi Beej (second day of Hindu Ashadh month) every year.</p>.<p>Union Home Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/amit-shah">Amit Shah</a> performed the 'mangla aarti' and Gujarat Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/amit-shah">Bhupendra Patel</a> performed 'pahind vidhi', the ritual of cleaning the way using a golden broom, as the chariots rolled out from the 400-year-old Lord Jagannath temple in Jamalpur area.</p>.<p>A senior police official earlier said more than 22,000 security personnel will guard the event and some balloon-mounted cameras will also be deployed to keep a watch on the people's movement.</p>.Annual Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad on July 7,over 18,000 cops deployed.<p>As many as 4,500 personnel have been deployed to walk with the procession along the entire 16-km route while 1,931 personnel are managing traffic during the 147th edition of the annual Rath Yatra.</p>.<p>As per the decades-old tradition, the procession, led by chariots, would return by 8 pm after traversing different localities in the Old City, including some communally sensitive areas.</p>.<p>The procession usually consists of 18 decorated elephants, 100 trucks and 30 'akhadas' (local gymnasiums).</p>.<p>Senior police officials will keep a close watch on the procession using 1,733 body-worn cameras linked to a control room.</p>.<p>Besides, 20 drones and 96 surveillance cameras have been installed at 47 locations on the route.</p>.<p>Nearly 1,400 CCTV cameras installed by shopkeepers on the route will also be used for live surveillance, Ahmedabad Commissioner of Police GS Malik told reporters on Thursday.</p>.<p>To address any medical emergency, 16 ambulances and medical teams at five government-run hospitals have also been kept on stand-by, as per officials. </p>
<p>Ahmedabad: The 147th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath rolled out early Sunday morning in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city where a large number of devotees flocked the procession route to pay obeisance to the deity.</p>.<p>The raths (chariots) of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balbhadra and sister Subhadra are pulled by Khalashi community members as per the age-old tradition.</p>.<p>The Rath Yatra is taken out on the Ashadhi Beej (second day of Hindu Ashadh month) every year.</p>.<p>Union Home Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/amit-shah">Amit Shah</a> performed the 'mangla aarti' and Gujarat Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/amit-shah">Bhupendra Patel</a> performed 'pahind vidhi', the ritual of cleaning the way using a golden broom, as the chariots rolled out from the 400-year-old Lord Jagannath temple in Jamalpur area.</p>.<p>A senior police official earlier said more than 22,000 security personnel will guard the event and some balloon-mounted cameras will also be deployed to keep a watch on the people's movement.</p>.Annual Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad on July 7,over 18,000 cops deployed.<p>As many as 4,500 personnel have been deployed to walk with the procession along the entire 16-km route while 1,931 personnel are managing traffic during the 147th edition of the annual Rath Yatra.</p>.<p>As per the decades-old tradition, the procession, led by chariots, would return by 8 pm after traversing different localities in the Old City, including some communally sensitive areas.</p>.<p>The procession usually consists of 18 decorated elephants, 100 trucks and 30 'akhadas' (local gymnasiums).</p>.<p>Senior police officials will keep a close watch on the procession using 1,733 body-worn cameras linked to a control room.</p>.<p>Besides, 20 drones and 96 surveillance cameras have been installed at 47 locations on the route.</p>.<p>Nearly 1,400 CCTV cameras installed by shopkeepers on the route will also be used for live surveillance, Ahmedabad Commissioner of Police GS Malik told reporters on Thursday.</p>.<p>To address any medical emergency, 16 ambulances and medical teams at five government-run hospitals have also been kept on stand-by, as per officials. </p>