Ratha Yatra
Rathe ca vāmanaṁ dṛṣṭvā punar janma na vidyate.
Simply by seeing the Lord on the chariot, one makes advancement for stopping the repetition of birth and death.
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture Festival after Ratha-yatra – London – 16 July 1972)
kīrtana dekhiyā jagannātha haraṣita
saṅkīrtana dekhe ratha kariyā sthagita
Lord Jagannātha was very much pleased by the saṅkīrtana, and He brought His car to a standstill just to see the performance.
(CC Madhya-lila 13.55)
Information – When Srila Prabhupad was six years old, Gaur Mohan Dey (his father) arranged for a small Ratha and young Abhay (later known as Prabhupad) would perform Ratha yatra in his neighbour and distribution prasadam to all the children, who taking part in the festival.
Srila Prabhupada (who introduced the life of Krishna consciousness in the western world) had a great ambition to celebrate this festival gorgeously in every city of the world and he inspired and guided his disciples to make this annual festival well known in every part of the world. The first-ever Ratha-Yatra in the western world was organized in san Francisco on July 9, 1967. Thereafter, this festival became popular in western world and spread to many other countries.
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta – Madhya-līlā, Chapter 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā
Srila Prabhupada Lectures on Ratha Yatra
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- 690727 – Lecture Festival Ratha-yatra – San Francisco
- 700704 – Lecture Festival Cleansing of the Gundica Temple, Gundica Marjanam – San Francisco
- 700705 – Lecture Festival Ratha-yatra – San Francisco
- 700705 – Lecture Festival Ratha-yatra and Press Conference – San Francisco
- 710627 – Lecture 1 Festival Ratha-yatra – San Francisco
- 710627 – Lecture 2 Festival Ratha-yatra – San Francisco
- 720716 – Lecture Festival before Ratha-yatra – London
- 720716 – Lecture Festival after Ratha-yatra – London
- 740707 – Lecture Festival Ratha-yatra – San Francisco
- 750712 – Lecture Festival Ratha-yatra – Philadelphia
- 760718 – Lecture Festival Ratha-yatra – New York
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