Kolkata : In a very interesting news from Kolkata, this year Lord Jagannath’s chariot at Iskcon Rath Yatra will roll at a gentle pace of 1.4 kmph on brand new tyres designed for a Russian Sukhoi fighter jet. This will be done this year after the chariot encountered a hitch last year.
The ageing tyres, in use for over half a century, were from a Boeing B-747 aircraft. Now the Sukhoi’s 4-ft diameter tyres were found to be the closest match to the jumbo jet tyres, which had the same 4-ft diameter and weighed 110kg each.