The seven-day long Ratha-Yatra festival
of Lord Madan Mohan began in Cooch Behar on 16 July 2007.
Fairs were organised in front of Madan Mohan temple on the
bank of Bairagi-dighi and at Gunjabari on the occasion. Ratha
carried the deity of Lord Madan Mohan from temple to the residence
of his maternal aunt at Gunjabari as per the age-old tradition.
Hundreds of devotees had gathered to pull the holy chariot.
Lord Madan Mohan will stay at his Masir Bari (residence of
his maternal aunt) till the Ulto Rath festival. A large number
of police personnel were deployed on the occasion to maintain
peace.