Jagannath Rath Yatra Event To Be Held In Pune
Pune, 28th June 2022: Jagannath Rath Yatra originally in Jagannath Puri, where the Lord travels in a Rath to Sri mandir to Gundicha to give darshan to those who cannot visit the temple. When a person is sick the patient will have to visit the Doctor but when the patient is too much sick the Doctor will be visiting the patient. Similarly, here the Lord is visiting to give darshan to all and enliven and enchant the heart of everybody. This festival has been celebrated in Puri since time immemorial.
1st of July is when Jagannath Rath Yatra will be celebrated in Puri this year, where the Lordship will travel from Sri Mandir to Gundicha Mandir. The travel is approximately 3 Kms, in a rath which will be pulled by the devotees. The entire atmosphere will have a festive look and there will be visitors from across the globe. The Lordships will be back to Sri Mandir only after 9 days.
On 3rd July NVCC ISKCON Pune will also be celebrating their Rath Yatra.
On 2nd July, Bhakti Yoga Club Kharadi which is an initiative of ISKCON Pune, a budding extension centre, will be trying to launch the first Rath Yatra event in line with the Rath Yatra celebrated across ISKCON temples. Bhakti Yoga Club Kharadi is connected ISKCON Pune Camp.
“We will have the Rath covering approximately 4 Kms around Kharadi (East Pune) starting from Marvel Cerise and finally concluding at Bhakti Yoga Club Kharadi center. This will be a great opportunity to the devotees in and around Kharadi to join for the Rath Yatra and pull the Rath of Lordships as per the decided route plan. The Rath will start approximately at 1PM, and we are planning to conclude at around 5.30 PM“, a press release stated.
The motto of this rath-yatra is:
- Clean Pune
- Healthy Pune
- Cultured Pune
The events during this Rath Yatra are mentioned below.
- Prasadam distribution to all.
- Darshan
- Dance and Kirtans
- Pulling the ropes
Once the Yatra is done the Lordships will be back in the altar at Bhakti Yoga Club and there will be Maha Arti and Prasad and thus conclude the event.
