Rath
Yatra Festival
1 July 2003, Kolkata,
India
On Tuesday 1 July
2003, the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Bhawanipur, Kolkata, celebrated
the Rath Yatra festival. The beautifully decorated Rath (chariot)
bearing the murtis of Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Aksharbrahma Gunatitanand
Swami, Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Jagannathji, Balramji and Subhadraji,
was pulled by over 15,000 people along its route from 4.00 p.m.
to 7.00 p.m.
The procession was flagged off in traditional style with the
chanting of Vedic mantras, as BAPS sadhus and invited guests
swept the road with a golden brush.
Among the guests were:
Shri S.K. Khaitan (Khaitan Fans), Shri Arun Lal (Secretary,
National Cricket Players' Association), Shri Dinesh Trivedi
(MP, General Secretary, TMC), Shri S.N. Bajaj (President, International
Marwadi Federation), Shri C.P. Kanoi (Kanoi Tea) and others.
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