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By Ananga-mohini dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n What an awesome experience! What an awesome experience! When the concept of The Blue Mountain was announced at the Durban temple a few weeks prior to Ratha Yatra, I immediately thought that I would want to be part of this. The hype and buzz about The Blue Mountain, made it all the more exciting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhen the concept of The Blue Mountain was announced at the Durban temple a few weeks prior to Ratha Yatra, I immediately thought that I would want to be part of this. The hype and buzz about The Blue Mountain, made it all the more exciting.
\nAt 16h45 on Friday, 6 April we were all ready to open. The crowd waiting outside the tent was phenomenal. The mood that permeated both inside and outside reminded me of Krishnastami night at 23h55 when everyone is waiting anxiously for the curtains to open.
\nThe final countdown had begun 10\u20269\u20268\u2026etc and HH Indradyumna Swami opened the tent.
\nThe devotees swarmed in like bees to honey! I felt like a child again all excited and carried away by this huge wave that swept our tent. I stood there speechless.
\nSeeing the excitement on both adults and children\u2019s face as they scurried around the marketplace from one table to the next filled us with immense joy and satisfaction. Within one hour of opening, we had to close the market to restock!
\nA few colleagues from the office, who visited Blue Mountain, raved about the tent. \u201cWe never saw anything like this before \u2013 everything is so unique\u201d commented one and another stated that his children loved the arts and crafts \u2013 they have their flags in their rooms as souvenirs and they believe that Lord Jagannath is watching over them.
\nFrom all my years of serving during Ratha Yatra, this was by far the most rewarding and fulfilling experience.
\nI look forward to serving every year at The Blue Mountain.
\nYour servant
\nAnanga-mohini dasi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![](\"http:\/\/dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2012-05-04_16.44.25.jpg\"\/)
By Ananga-mohini dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n