Chandan Yatra or the Sandalwood Festival is a very rare and beautiful celebration dedicate to Lord Jagannatha and other deities in Puri. This festival indicates the beginning of summer and represents the process of providing relief to the divine during the hot summer monthsThe festival gets its name from the fragrant sandalwood paste (chandan), which is used to put on the gods to make them cool. The rituals involve elaborate processions, devotional music, and a serene display of devotion as idols of deities are carried to a sacred pond for a ceremonial boat ride