"Religious procession of the Jagannath Rath Yatra in Orissa. This annual festival cum pilgrimage takes place in Puri, Orissa, India, and marks the movement of millions of people along with the chariots of Jagannath. The English word 'juggernaut' derives from Jagannath, in this context! Clearly one of the largest assemblages of people anywhere on this planet, on an annual basis, and it goes off smoothly each time, with minimal police presence or administrative organization. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and Digital Betacam. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... wfi @ vsnl.com and [email protected].
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