{"id":29310,"date":"2016-07-08T19:44:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=29310"},"modified":"2016-07-08T22:18:56","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T20:18:56","slug":"survey-526-worldwide-ratha-yatras-conducted-by-iskcon-yearly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=29310","title":{"rendered":"Survey: 526 worldwide Ratha Yatras conducted by Iskcon yearly!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-CYSl0RRLtNE\/V3_llk0QLgI\/AAAAAAAAcxM\/HMvqo6K0Uc8\/s0\/2016-07-08_19-40-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Almost 49 years ago in 1967, the first Ratha Yatra festival beyond the Indian sub-continent was organized and celebrated in San Francisco. Srila Prabhupada was personally in attendance along with many of his first disciples. This Ratha Yatra survey which has just been published, shows all the Ratha Yatra festivals held across the world and confirms the great work ISKCON is doing and how Lord Caitanya&#8217;s mercy is literally spreading out to reach every town and village!<\/p>\n<p><b>Ratha Yatra Estimate \/ July 2<\/b><sup><b>nd<\/b><\/sup><b> 2016<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a> <b>Global total (including India) = 526 worldwide<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>Anuttama prabhu \/ 4<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>USA: DC-1, Baltimore-1, Philadelphia-1, New Vrindavana-1, Harrisburg-1<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<p>Badrinarayan Swami \/ 8<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>USA: LA -2 \/ Boise\/ Denver 3 \/ SD \/ Laguna \/ Ojai<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<p>Bhakti Bhusana M (See listings under \u201cVirabahu prabhu\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\n<p>Bhakti-Caitanya M: 52<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>South Africa: Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Mpumalanga, Capetown, Port Elizabeth, Newcastle, Ladysmith<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Mauritius: Mahebourg, Port Louis, Triollet<\/p>\n<p>Russia: 32 (too many cities to list) <\/p>\n<p>Lithuania \/ 6: Vilius, Kaunas, Siaulliai, Palanga, Klaipeda, Panevezys<\/p>\n<p>Latvia: Riga<\/p>\n<p>Estonia: Tallinn<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>\n<p>Bhakti Marg M \/ 11<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Canada: Montreal, Toronto, Brampton, Scarborough, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Saranagati, Vancouver<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>\n<p>Bhakti-Vaibhava M \/ 3<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Prague &#8211; Czech Republic<\/p>\n<p>Wroclaw \u2013 Poland<\/p>\n<p>Sofia &#8211; Bulgaria<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>\n<p>Bhakti-vijnana M (see listings under Bhakti Caitanya M \u2013 \u201cRussia\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>\n<p>Bhakti Charu M, Bhakti Purusottam M, Bhanu M, Gopal Krishna M, Jayapataka M \/ See \u201cAll India\u201d list etc. The \u201cAll-India\u201d list is quite impressive.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>\n<p>Bir Krishna M \/ 6<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>North Carolina 2<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans 1 <\/p>\n<p>Fiji 3<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li>\n<p>Caitanya Candra Carana prabhu (See listings under Bhakti Caitanya M &#8211; \u201cRussia\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li>\n<p>Chandrasekar Acharya prabhu \/ 2<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Hong Kong \/ Taipei<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"12\">\n<li>\n<p>Devamrita M \/ Ramai Maharaja \/ 15<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Gita Nagari 1, Australia 6, New Zealand 8<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"13\">\n<li>\n<p>Dinasharana dd: 9 <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Germany: Berlin \/ Hamburg \/ Heidelberg \/ K\u00f6ln Gauradesh \/ Leipzig \/ M\u00fcnchen \/ Frankfurt <\/p>\n<p>Switzerland: Z\u00fcrich \/ Bern <\/p>\n<ol start=\"14\">\n<li>\n<p>Guruprasad M \/ 9<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Panama <\/p>\n<p>Mexico: 4 (including one down a river in Monterrey)<\/p>\n<p>Trinidad: 4<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"15\">\n<li>\n<p>Hrdaya Caitanya prabhu \/ 9<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Holland: Amsterdam, Den Haag, Rotterdam.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium: Antwerp, Ratha yatra for children in Radhadesh<\/p>\n<p>Spain: Barcelona, Madrid, Tenerife.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal: Lisbon (first Ratha Yatra in June this year).<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"16\">\n<li>\n<p>Kavicandra M \/ 22<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Thailand: Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya<\/p>\n<p>West Africa: 1<\/p>\n<p>Japan: Tokyo 2 \/ Osaka \/ 1<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia: 15 (With Ramai M)<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"17\">\n<li>\n<p>Malati dd \/ 4<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Columbus \u2013 1 \/ Pittsburgh \u20131 \/ Michigan\u20141 \/ Oberlin\u20141 <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"18\">\n<li>\n<p>Madhusevita p \/ 4<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Italy: Milan &#8211; Rome \u2013 Florence<\/p>\n<p>France-Paris<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"19\">\n<li>\n<p>Niranjana M. \/ 15<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>13 in the Ukraine \/ too many cities to list<\/p>\n<p>Boston \/ USA<\/p>\n<p>Hartford \/ USA<\/p>\n<ol start=\"20\">\n<li>\n<p>Praghosa prabhu \/ 16<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>UK, Ireland and Scandinavia (minus Finland) <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"21\">\n<li>\n<p>Prahladanana M \/ 4<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Croatia: 2<\/p>\n<p>Serbia <\/p>\n<p>Poland 1 <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"22\">\n<li>\n<p>Radhanath M (see listings in \u201cAll-India)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"23\">\n<li>\n<p>Ramai M (see \u201cIndonesia\u201d \/ Kavicandra M and \u201cAustralia\u201d under Devamrita M) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"24\">\n<li>\n<p>Romapada M \/ 11<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>USA: Boston, Hartford, NYC-3, NJ, Chicago, Naperville, Minneapolis, Bloomington, St Louis<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"25\">\n<li>\n<p>Sesa prabhu \/ 3<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>USA: Gainesville: 1 as part of the Univ. of Florida Homecoming parade<\/p>\n<p>Univ. of Central Florida \/ 2<\/p>\n<p>Orlando<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"26\">\n<li>\n<p>Sivaram M \/ 1<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Budapest \/ Hungary<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>24. 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Srila Prabhupada was personally in attendance along with many of his first disciples. This Ratha Yatra survey which has just been published, shows all the Ratha Yatra festivals held across the world and confirms the great work ISKCON is doing and how Lord Caitanya&#8217;s mercy is literally spreading out to reach every town and village!<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29310","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=29310"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29322,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29310\/revisions\/29322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}