Last year’s budget for the festival was ₹4.85 crore and this year the estimated budget is ₹6 crore. Approximately 865 trees are felled every year for the wood to build the three chariots. For the past few years, the temple administration has been selling the wheels of the raths after the yatra – mainly to corporate houses – for display and worship. Wood from the rest of the rath fuels Jagannath’s bhog.

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