The second day of the Chariot Fest is always a more relaxed one at Jeanne Mance Park. The parade was completed yesterday so there was no major wave of people coming all at one time. The park itself is a good location, newly renovated with additional volleyball courts, lots of green and it is at the base of Mount Royal near Park Avenue where our dear guru, Prabhupada, had roamed in 1968.
I have to say that I'm proud of our bus drama group. They did a mean presentation of the fish story. As I e
It was just a busy beehive at 1626 Pie IX Boulevard, the centre for Krishna Consciousness. The sun was shining, and the humidity was on. At the intersection of Sherbrooke and Ste. Laurent, The chariot, a handsome piece of craftsmanship built and owned by Abhay Charan, a local devotee, was all in spiffy decorum and ready to roll, and not rock, on Ste. Laurent.
First, coconuts were to be smashed on the streets, a ritual for purification. A priest from the platform of the chariot came down hard w
