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Why millions brave monsoon rain for this festival
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Most tourists flee India when the sky cracks open and drowns the subcontinent, but millions run straight into the downpour in Odisha. The annual Rath Yatra festival involves dragging three towering, multi-ton wooden chariots through the flooded streets of Puri. The massive monsoon rains are considered an auspicious blessing, meaning the wetter and more chaotic the stampeding crowd gets, the better.
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