On 16th April, Monday, Sri Jagannath Rath yatra was organised By ISKCON Ahmedabad. Rathayatra started 5pm till 10pm.
Thousands of devotees joined the rath yatra. A 35-feet tall chariot, with the deities of Lord Jagannath, Lord Baldev and Devi Subhadra, Radha-Govinda and Ram-Lakshman Sita Devi on board, was pulled on the road. Music bands and floats depicting scenes from Gita were part of the rath yatra.
HH BB Madhav Swami, HG Deena Bandhu Prabhu, HG Yasomatinandan Prabhu, HG Sarvabhauma Prabhu and 20 foreign devotees present at Rathayatra.
The length of the route selected was about 8 km, which concluded at our ISKCON temple. Our Ratha is 30 feet high and huge all around. We adopt traditional style of Ratha pulling by using ropes on two sides of the Ratha. One side is for matajis and the other for prabhus. In-between the Kirtan parties chant Hare Krishna mahaa-mantra and dance in ecstasy in the mood as that of Mahaaprabhu. There are two tractors in the front with artifacts on subjects like Bhaagavatam and cycle of birth & death. After these tractors is a royal chariot driven by a white horse with Srila Prabhupada in it. Professional music band party follows Srila Prabhupada’s chariot singing the mahaa-mantra.
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