In pictures: Dhaka celebrates Ratha Yatra gracefully

Members of the Hindu community celebrated one of their major religious festivals - Ratha Yatra- with due religious fervour and festivity in Dhaka on Friday. 

Thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at selected places and joined with full enthusiasm in the ritual of pulling chariots to celebrate the occasion. Old and young, male and female, boys and girls together joined the ritual amidst much fanfare.

The photos were taken by Dhaka Tribune’s Mahmud Hossain Opu.