Sri Jagannath Rathayatra Festival |
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| Several devotees had a bird's eye view of events from the Puri library's roof. | |
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A particularly hot festival this year. Cooling spray from fire engines... |
...reached up to the roof too, as Chaitanya Mayi Devi Dasi found out. |
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| The King of Orissa arrives on a palanquin to sweep the road in front of Lord Jagannath. | Mid-morning, Jagannathdev heads to His chariot. |
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By lunch-time the procession is under way. |
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Our Eastern and Western devotees chanting and dancing in front of the chariots. |
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Lord Jagannath... |
...arriving at the Gundicha Temple... |
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| ...with Lord Baladev... | ...and Lady Subhadra. |
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Receiving mercy from Their Lordships. |
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Gundicha Temple as rain clouds gather towards evening. |
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Reaching Kolkata, devotees take a ferry up the Ganges towards our Dum Dum Park. |
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Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip