Lord Jagannath Saved Donald Trump: ISKCON Recollects 1976 New York Rathyatra Assist

Lord Jagannath Saved Donald Trump: ISKCON Recollects 1976 New York Rathyatra Assist

New Delhi: Former President Donald Trump, after narrowly escaping an assassination try at a rally in Pennsylvania, credited divine intervention for his survival. “God alone prevented the unthinkable from taking place,” Trump said in his first response. In the meantime, social media buzzed with a viral declare suggesting that Trump’s survival on July 13 was attributable to his previous involvement in a Jagannath Rath Yatra occasion. 

An official from the Worldwide Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) reminisced a few 1976 occasion the place Donald Trump, then an up-and-coming actual property magnate in New York, supported a symbolic rath yatra deliberate for town. 

In response to Trump’s publish claiming that there was ‘divine intervention’ when he dodged the bullet focused at him, ISKCON Kolkata chief Radharamn Das wrote on X: “Sure, for positive it is a divine intervention.” 

“In July 1976, Donald Trump helped ISKCON devotees manage Rathayatra by offering his practice yard for the development of the raths free of charge. As we speak, because the world celebrates the 9-day Jagannath Rathayatra competition, this horrible assault on him and his slim escape present  Jagannath’s intervention,” Das’ tweet learn. 

He famous that precisely 48 years in the past, Donald Trump had performed a vital function in saving the Jagannath Rathayatra competition. As we speak, because the world as soon as once more celebrates this competition, Trump confronted an assault, and Jagannath repaid the favor by defending him. 

The Jagannath Rath Yatra is named the oldest and largest chariot competition, celebrated in Puri, Odisha, and lots of different elements of the world. 

1976 Jagannath Rath Yatra In New York 

In line with ISCKON chief, NY city organised its first chariot procession of Lord Jagannath in 1976 with help of Donald Trump, then a 30-year-old rising actual property mogul in the USA. 

Das highlighted, “Practically 48 years in the past, when the Worldwide Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) was planning to prepare the primary Rath Yatra in New York Metropolis, challenges have been galore.” 

recounted the challenges confronted in organizing the primary Jagannath Rath Yatra on Fifth Avenue in New York Metropolis. Securing a parade allow was seen as a miracle however discovering a big empty web site for setting up the chariots appeared unattainable.  

After quite a few rejections, Donald Trump, then a budding actual property mogul, supplied an answer. Das wrote that the organizers visited Trump’s workplace with prasad and a letter, requesting permission to make use of an outdated railway yard Trump had just lately bought. Three days later, Trump’s secretary knowledgeable them that Trump had learn their letter, tasted the meals, and instantly agreed to their request. 

An ISKCON official’s declare connecting Donald Trump’s survival of an assassination try to his 1976 help in organizing the Rath Yatra has gained vital traction on social media. As of this report, the publish had garnered over 810000 impressions on X.




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