{"id":3900,"date":"2007-07-12T16:34:47","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T15:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3900"},"modified":"2007-07-12T16:34:47","modified_gmt":"2007-07-12T15:34:47","slug":"london-to-host-hare-krishna-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3900","title":{"rendered":"London to host Hare Krishna fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/london_festival.jpg'  align=\"left\" alt='' \/><strong>By Press Trust Of India <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>London, July 10, 2007<br \/>\nFirst Published: 14:26 IST(10\/7\/2007)<br \/>\nLast Updated: 15:25 IST(10\/7\/2007)<\/p>\n<p>London will host the 39th &#8216;Ratha-yatra Carnival of Chariots&#8217; on July 29. The annual Hare Krishna festival will be a colourful display of Indian culture and spirituality in the city. <\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of festival goers, pilgrims and faith leaders from all over the world will hand-pull the three 40-foot high colourful wooden chariots carrying the sacred deities of Lord Jagannatha, Lady Subhadra and Lord Balarama from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square. <\/p>\n<p>The giant chariots will be accompanied by a procession of singers, musicians and dancers. London will pulsate to Indian spiritual sounds with instruments from across the globe. <\/p>\n<p>At Trafalgar Square, where the process comes to an end, revellers will participate in a cultural and educational fair, delving into the spiritual heart of India. <\/p>\n<p>The Square will be decorated by colourful host of tents offering music, food, literature, sari-draping, face-painting and educationa l displays. On stage, festival-goers will be entertained by traditional temple dance, drama and music. <\/p>\n<p>Free Indian vegetarian food will be served on the occasion. <\/p>\n<p>Praghosa Das, leader of the Hare Krishna Movement in the United Kingdom said, &#8220;This festival will be an amazing East-meets-West experience and everyone is welcome. This festival celebrates the common spirituality that unites us all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/StoryPage\/StoryPage.aspx?id=7cf2d009-8f15-4556-b426-f0fd8b5af87d&#038;&#038;Headline=London+to+host+Hare+Krishna+fest\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/london_feedival.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\" \/><strong>By Press Trust Of India<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> London will host the 39th &#8216;Ratha-yatra Carnival of Chariots&#8217; on July 29. The annual Hare Krishna festival will be a colourful display of Indian culture and spirituality<br \/>\nin the city.<!--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-3900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3900","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=3900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}