{"id":12965,"date":"2014-06-25T09:59:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T09:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=12719"},"modified":"2014-10-10T17:34:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T17:34:08","slug":"14th-annual-birmingham-rathayatra-the-festival-of-chariots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=12965","title":{"rendered":"14th Annual Birmingham Rathayatra – The Festival of Chariots"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Dear friends,<\/p>\n

Please accept our humble obeisances.<\/p>\n

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!<\/p>\n

The 14th Anniversary of the Birmingham Rathayatra Festival 2014 promises to be a spectacular event with a City Centre procession and festival, incorporating all the exoticness, vitality and colour that is India.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss the spectacular grand procession of the enormous Jagannatha Chariot starting at 11am, followed by a free open air festival in Victoria Square at 1pm (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.<\/p>\n

The Rathayatra festival is perhaps the oldest continuously celebrated spiritual festival in the world. The chariot of \u2018Jagannatha, \u2018Baladeva\u2019 and \u2018Subhadra\u2019 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 \u201cfestival for the soul\u201d.<\/p>\n

This is our 14th 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.<\/p>\n

Date: Sunday 27th July 2014<\/p>\n

Time: 11am – 6pm<\/p>\n

Location: Victoria Square, Birmingham City Centre.<\/p>\n

Wesbite:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/iskconbirmingham.org\/ratha-yatra-2014<\/p>\n

Facebook:<\/p>\n

www.facebook.com\/ISKCONBirminghamUK<\/p>\n

Twitter:<\/p>\n

@ISKCONBhamUK \/ www.twitter.com\/ISKCONBhamUK<\/p>\n

Please consider this as your personal invitation to come and join us at this wonderful festival. Please give us your kind blessings so that we can make this humble attempt to please Lord Sri Jagannatha (Krishna).<\/p>\n

Hope to hear from you all soon and thank you for your continued support.<\/p>\n

Hare Krishna,<\/p>\n

Your servants,<\/p>\n

Nitai Charan Das and Mayapur Madhava Das<\/p>\n

On behalf of the Rathayatra Public Relations Team<\/p>\n

ISKCON Birmingham <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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