<span style="color: #222222;">The world famous nine-day long Jagannath Rath Yatra festival began today. In the temple town of Puri in Odisha, lakhs of people gathered for a glimpse of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra as they travelled from Jagannath temple to Shree Gundicha temple, a distance of about three kilometres. <br />''</span><br />''The festival is also celebrated in other parts of India and abroad. In West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off Rath Yatra of ISKCON in Kolkata. Later, she inaugurated century old Rath Yatra festival at Mahesh in Hooghly District. <br />''<br />''Our Kolkata correspondent reports that thousands of people gathered at Mayapur in Nadia District to take part in ISKCON's Rath Yatra.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">AIR Dhaka correspondent reports that the Rath Yatra festival is also celebrated in Bangladesh with religious fervour and gaiety. President Ramnath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have greeted the people on the occasion. </span>