Yatra
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Yatra is a noun meaning A Hindu pilgrimage.
Meaning
A Hindu pilgrimage.
Example Sentences
Thousands of activists and vehicles therefore diffused quietly out of Delhi in the following days to reassemble in a yatra that now swelled to 40–50,000 people.
By calling this little stroll a yatra I am making a mild joke to myself, because in India a yatra can be a grueling expedition such as a hike to the top of Mount Kailas in the Himalayas.
At the inauguration of this temple a yatra for her was performed attracting again a big part of Chatamput's mostly female inhabitants, who all claimed that Kondamakalamma now is the "real" goddess of the village.
I thus wonder whether the yatra was not primarily "efficient" for the upper middle classes who - physically removed from direct participation - enjoyed the BJP going on a yatra, presenting them with ready-made edutainment about nationality, easy to digest, without much physical and mental effort.
Word Forms
- yatras
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include teertha, agnihotra, agyatwas, vehicle, yagya, yantra.
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