{"id":118036,"date":"2026-05-13T07:21:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=118036"},"modified":"2026-05-13T07:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:21:39","slug":"festival-of-chariots-2026-iskcon-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=118036","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Chariots 2026 ISKCON Brisbane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/PiZcQHj.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not many festivals stop the city streets but Ratha Yatra does. Every. Single. Time.<br \/>\nThe Festival of Chariots is one of the world\u2019s oldest and most joyful celebrations, rooted in thousands of years of tradition and brought to life in cities across the globe. Now in its 11th year in Brisbane, it continues to remind us what this city is truly made of: open hearts, vibrant community and a genuine invitation for everyone, regardless of background or belief.<br \/>\nThe event was electric. Colour, dancing, chanting, devotion and pure joy all in one place. This is what happens when &#x2764;&#xfe0f; takes to the streets.<br \/>\nWe were lucky enough to meet a living legend \u2014 HH Indradyumna Swami Mah\u0101r\u0101j, the Indiana Jones of the Hare Krishna world. Inspiring doesn\u2019t even cover it. We sat together, shared a delicious Hare Krishna meal, and he told us stories that stopped us in our tracks.<br \/>\nJust one month before dancing with us in Brisbane, this man was locked in a Russian jail for two weeks \u2014 simply for preaching love and devotion. Two weeks behind bars. And his spirit? Completely unbroken. One of the most humbling encounters I\u2019ve ever had. Can\u2019t wait to explore his books. &#x1f64f;<br \/>\nThat\u2019s the magic of Ratha Yatra.<br \/>\n&#x1f49a; Our city is special.<br \/>\nMassive love to our ISKCON Brisbane Darra community, Janardan Kewin, Varsana Radhe, Pankaj Agarwal, Hermann Vorster MP Cr Penny Wolff and all the incredible MPs who joined us proving that the best communities are built on love, inclusion and a whole lot of joy.<br \/>\nSee you on the streets again next year. &#x2764;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F26363594513341284%2F&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=267&#038;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"591\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/PiZcQHj.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" \/>Not many festivals stop the city streets but Ratha Yatra does. Every. Single. Time. The Festival of Chariots is one of the world\u2019s oldest and most joyful celebrations, rooted in thousands of years of tradition and brought to life in cities across the globe. Now in its 11th year in Brisbane, it continues to remind<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118036","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=118036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118037,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118036\/revisions\/118037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}