Dear Readers,
Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Jaya Jagannath!
This is to cordially invite you to participate in the 32nd annual Jagannath Rathayatra festival organized by ISKCON Baroda.
This year, as is the practice, Jagananth Rathayatra will be observed on the traditional day, "aashaadh shukla dvitiya", falling on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Please intimate us in advance if you need accommodation here at ISKCON Baroda, to enable you to attend the festival. Highlights of the festival: attendence by ISKCON leaders HH Bhakti Vikas Swami, and HG Bhima Prabhu. Also devotees coming from Chandigarh, Vrindavan, Vallabh Vidyanagar, etc., who perform ecstatic kirtan throughout the Rathayatra procession. Rathayatra will be inaugurated by the Mayor of Baroda, Sri Bharatbhai Shah, and other dignitaries such as the District Collector and Municipal Commissioner, etc. Rathayatra moves through the main streets of Baroda and is viewed by about two lakhs citizens of Baroda. Distribution of 15,000 kgs (15 tons) of halava prasad, cooked in "deshi ghee" from trucks moving behind the Rath. Distribution of full bhojan prasad at the temple in the evening after the Rathayatra to 30,000.
Rathayatra starts at the Baroda Railway station at 2:30 PM and concludes around 8 PM on the road near the Baroda High School, opposite the Polo grounds. Rathayatra will also be observed at Anand (of "Amul" butter fame) on July 9, starting in front of the Betak Mandir at 2:30 PM.
All are cordially invited to attend both of the Rathayatras!
Feel free to contact me in case you require more information.
Jaya Jagannath! Jaya Baladev! Jaya Subhadra!
Hoping this meets you all well.
das,
Basu Ghosh Das
President - ISKCON Baroda
Mobile: 94260-54308
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