Chariot Festival Cities
Cities whose signature annual festival centres on a deity or icon being carried through the streets on a wheeled chariot or float.
A curated selection, not an official or closed list — either traditions vary on the full set of sites, or this is an editorial grouping rather than a traditional one.
Significance & tradition
Organised around a shared ritual FORM rather than a shared deity or region — Puri's Rath Yatra, Madurai's Chithirai and Mysore's Jamboo Savari are structurally the same kind of event even though they honour different deities.
History
Chariot festivals across India trace to genuinely ancient temple-car traditions; Puri's Rath Yatra is the best-documented and best-known internationally, giving the English word 'juggernaut' its origin.
How this list was compiled
Not exhaustive — a curated grouping around a shared ritual form.