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Ratha Yatra - Chariot Festival
11:00 AM on Saturday Jul. 27th
Sandy Hill Community Centre & Annie Pootoogook Park, 250 Somerset Street East
Price: FREE

Free vegetarian feast, live music, meditation workshop, children's activities, books on yoga, gift shop....

Parade ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ in ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—น.

Together we will recreate this ancient festival celebrating Indiaโ€™s spirituality and rich culture. The parade will proceed through the streets until it reaches ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— .
The large, colorful float will be beautifully decorated and accompanied by scores of people joining together to move the cart. In addition, we will be singing devotional songs (kirtan), dancing & playing musical instruments side by side creating an exceptional procession. Admission is free!!

The Sandy Hill Community Centre park program features a main stage, with ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป, (๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป) ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. At the site we will also offer a ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜, ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ค/๐—” ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด/๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, and much more.

Ratha Yatra has been celebrated for thousands of years in Jagannatha Puri, India where it attracts millions annually. The deity of Lord Krishna is taken out of the temple amidst great fanfare and is placed on large chariots. Today similar festivals are celebrated in major cities all over the world including New York, Los Angeles, Dublin & London and now OTTAWA!

Donโ€™t miss this ancient Indian tradition where people from various walks of life come together to demonstrate the best of the East and West in a beautiful demonstration of friendship, appreciation & unity centered around serving the Lord.
What to expect (some pictures of the Ratha Yatra 2023 festival):
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.695813242570671...

We also highly appreciate your contributions towards organizing a festival of such scale. Your e-transfer donations can be sent to the following email address: iskconottawa@gmail.com.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us by the same email.

For those who would like to help us in setting up the festival, please come to the temple on Friday (the evening before) and also early morning on Saturday as we will need a lot of volunteers.