Puri, July 17 -- As the Jagannath Rath Yatra entered its second day on Thursday, foreign devotees shared their spiritual experiences of witnessing Lord Jagannath in Puri, describing the festival as a unique occasion when people from across the world receive the deity's blessings irrespective of their background.

A devotee from England said the festival offered an experience unlike anything he had witnessed before and highlighted the opportunity it gives foreign devotees to have Lord Jagannath's darshan.

"It's very ecstatic, very wild. I come from England originally, and you never see anything like this in England. It's another world--just incredible. People have so much devotion for Lord Jagannath; it's amazing to see. This is why we ca...