By Indradyumna Swami
A full year of preparations paid off in our best Ratha Yatra festival in 25 years. The first of four days of celebrations kicked off with a super chariot parade with amazing kirtans, brass bands, majorettes, Scottish bagpipes, clowns, stiltwalkers and Zulu warrior dancers. The holy names resounded throughout the beach area and people of all ethnic groups enjoyed the fun. The hearts of the Vaisnavas were completely satisfied. Srila Prabhupada, we are your servants doing your will. We offer our most respectful obeisances to Jayananda prabhu who helped pioneer Ratha Yatra in rthe west.
(Also see this gallery of the devotee’s huge preparations for distributing prasadam for 200.000 expected participants during the four day event: http://www.dandavats.info/?p=2091)
