Jagannath Rath Yatra: Mathura on Sunday witnessed great pleasure because the ‘Rath Yatra’ of Lord Jagannath was taken out by ISKCON Vrindavan, an official of the district administration mentioned. Based on an official of ISKCON Bhakti Vedant Swami Prabhupada, the founding father of ISKCON mentioned that pulling the Rath and chanting the title of Lord Jagannath opens the gate for salvation.
Narrating the legend, Ravi Lochan Das, the PRO of ISKCON Vrindavan mentioned, “The Rath Yatra symbolises the go to of Lord Jagannath to his maternal aunt’s house. The pageant options three huge chariots carrying Lord Jagannath, Lord Balbhadra and Devi Subhadra from Jagannath temple to Gundicha temple (in Puri).”
The Yatra was welcomed by folks and devotees in its about six-kilometre journey on Sunday afternoon, with rose petals being showered from the rooftops of the buildings.
The yatra concluded at Radha Archid the place “Chappan Bhog Prasad” was served to the devotees, officers mentioned. Rath Yatra pageant was additionally celebrated in Lord Jagannath temple in Vrindavan, Bankey Bihari temple, seven historic temples of Vrindavan, temples based mostly at Srikrishna Janmasthan and Dwarkadhish temple of Mathura, Gyanendra Goshwami the priest of Bankey Bihari temple mentioned.
