Rathayatra – Festival of Chariots
Street Parade starts from Bigge Park, Liverpool
Saturday, 14thJuly 2018, 10:00 am
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Traditionally held in Puri, eastern India, where millions of people sing and dance in the procession, the festival now takes place in the cities all over the world.
The Festival starts in BiggePark, followed by a street parade in the main streets in Liverpool. It will be celebrated in a grand manner showcasing the best of Indian culture – Dance, Drama, music, colourful festivities and Free delicious Vegetarian snacks.
The Festival truly represents what it means to live harmoniously in a multicultural society.One of the aim of the Festival is to Increase aware of Indian Culture/Art and to promoting peace and harmony among local communities.
Everyone is welcome to join, irrespective of their background, color, caste or religion.It is a very vibrant festival filled with so much fun and looking at the Massive chariot draws a smile on people’s faces. The Festival of Chariot in Sydney celebrates the harmony of different cultures coming together, through dance, music, delicious vegetarian food, yoga, meditation.
Befitting the religious sentiment of its origins, Ratha Yatras Festival reach out to the wider community and generate greater awareness and interest in India, its age old traditions and the unity in its amazing diversity. Rathayatrais a procession of Lord Krishna in his form of Jagannatha. He has large eyes and features which seem to be displaying symptoms of ecstatic bliss. Lord Jagannatha, together with His brother Lord Baladeva and His sister, Lady Subhadra, are pulled through the streets on chariots.
The Vedic scriptures state that anyone who sees Lord Jagannatha or pulls His chariots achieves immense spiritual benefit, attaining liberation from the material world and entrance into the eternal blissful pastimes of the Lord. Anyone who has experienced the Rathayatrahas surely experienced ecstasy. Srila Prabhupada, the founder of ISKCON, organised the first Ratha Yatra in the Western world in 1967 in San Francisco. This festival now takes place in cities all over the world.
Are you interested Mediation, Yoga, Kirtan, Bhajans, and Bhagavat-Gita Reading. Answers to Questions. Programs are being held near your homes!
Sri Sri Radha-Gopinatha Temple, Sydney –180 Falcon Street, North Sydney. Tel: 9959 4558.
For further details: Govardhana Das – 9601 0290 or Ananda Moya Das 0412 474 295
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