MUMBAI: Devotees of Lord Krishna will rejoice the Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra 2019 chariot pageant at Shivaji Park right here on Saturday, being organised via the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Chowpatty, an legit said on Thursday.
The 10th within the sequence, the Mumbai 'Rath Yatra' is regarded as the largest outside Puri (Odisha) in dimension and scale with devotees from america, the UK, Europe, Australia, South America, Russia and different nations joining in.
"The two-day festival will start on January 5 with a 'Maha Arti' and the four hour-long rath yatra will travel from Shivaji Park to Sena Bhavan, Plaza Cinema, Portuguese Church, Prabhadevi and back to the starting point," said ISKCON spiritual head Radhanath Swami.
Other major highlights will be the particular dressing darshan of Lord Jagannath, a distinct 108-bhoga providing in natural clothier pots, a mangal yagna via devotees, dinner-prasadam for all, distribution of Vedic literature but even so different spiritual and cultural actions for all, he added.
"This festival is a prime example of Indian culture of unity in diversity, rarely seen elsewhere in the world. The Path of Righteousness shown by Lord Krishna applies to entire humanity and such festivals help promote it further," Radhanath Swami said.
Besides Mumbai, the rath yatra can also be organised via ISKCON and celebrated in Islamic nations including Pakistan and Bangladesh and 400 different temples scattered all over the world.
In Pakistan, the rath yatra will likely be taken out within the Swaminarayan Temple complex in Karachi and the oldest chariot pageant to be celebrated in Bangladesh shall be on the four-century-old Yasho Madhab Temple in Dhamrai, at the outskirts of the capital Dhaka.
The 10th within the sequence, the Mumbai 'Rath Yatra' is regarded as the largest outside Puri (Odisha) in dimension and scale with devotees from america, the UK, Europe, Australia, South America, Russia and different nations joining in.
"The two-day festival will start on January 5 with a 'Maha Arti' and the four hour-long rath yatra will travel from Shivaji Park to Sena Bhavan, Plaza Cinema, Portuguese Church, Prabhadevi and back to the starting point," said ISKCON spiritual head Radhanath Swami.
Other major highlights will be the particular dressing darshan of Lord Jagannath, a distinct 108-bhoga providing in natural clothier pots, a mangal yagna via devotees, dinner-prasadam for all, distribution of Vedic literature but even so different spiritual and cultural actions for all, he added.
"This festival is a prime example of Indian culture of unity in diversity, rarely seen elsewhere in the world. The Path of Righteousness shown by Lord Krishna applies to entire humanity and such festivals help promote it further," Radhanath Swami said.
Besides Mumbai, the rath yatra can also be organised via ISKCON and celebrated in Islamic nations including Pakistan and Bangladesh and 400 different temples scattered all over the world.
In Pakistan, the rath yatra will likely be taken out within the Swaminarayan Temple complex in Karachi and the oldest chariot pageant to be celebrated in Bangladesh shall be on the four-century-old Yasho Madhab Temple in Dhamrai, at the outskirts of the capital Dhaka.
Mumbai: ISKCON's 'Rath Yatra' to start from Sat
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