Mohan Nandi:
Victoria Square, City Centre, Birmingham
Sunday 11th August 2013
10.30am – 4.00pm.
The 13th Anniversary of the Birmingham Ratha Yatra Festival 2013 promises to be a spectacular event with a City Centre procession and festival, incorporating all the exoticness, vitality and colour that is India.
Don’t miss the spectacular grand procession of the enormous Jagannatha Chariot at 10.30am on Sunday from Victoria Square to the Bullring and back again, followed by a free festival in Victoria Square at 12:30 pm (with traditional dance, music and drama, meditation area, market stalls and a free vegetarian feast,). Young and old can expect a great day of spectacle, participation and enjoyment.
The Ratha Yatra festival is perhaps the oldest continuously celebrated spiritual festival in the world. The chariot of ‘Jagannatha, ‘Balarama’ and ‘Subhadra’ is splendidly decorated each year, and then pulled by crowds through the city streets. People of all nations and faiths are invited to join in this festival “for the soul”.
This is our 13th annual carnival in Birmingham, a celebration which has seen over 6,000 people participating each year, with this year being no exception! The festival is full of life and free to attend. We encourage all communities to participate and hope all kinds of public will attend. Moreover there will be important dignitaries attending this festival. Previously the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, the Indian High Commissioner and Spiritual Leaders of our Movement have all attended this event. Hare Krishna.
Contact Details: Attached within the leaflet.
