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Parasuram das: We are looking for volunteers to help cook the greatest feast ever for the pleasure of Lord Jagannath and his devotees. Volunteers are needed all day Saturday chopping veg and all night cooking Saturday night\/Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
There is a special gift for all those who help, Srila Prabhupada\u2019s blessings!<\/p>\n
The Narada Purana (uttara kanda 52.12) reveals the conversation between Lord Narayana and Lakshmidevi about Purushottama kshetra (Jagannatha Puri),<\/p>\n
pratimam tatra tam drstva svayam devena nirmitam anayasena vai yanti bhavanam me tato narau<\/p>\n
\u201cA person who sees the Deities there built by the Lord Himself will easily find the path to reach My abode.\u201d Anyone seeing the Deities of Lord Krshna, Balarama and Subhadra at Jagannatha Puri during their leisure outage of Rathayatra means buying a ticket to reach the Supreme Abode of Vaikuntha, the eternal world of no worries.<\/p>\n
Rathe ca vamanam drstva punar janma na vidyate.<\/p>\n
\u201cSimply by seeing the Lord on the chariot, one makes advancement for stopping the repetition of birth and death.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is said that the participants in Rath Yatra will be blessed immensely by Lord Jagannatha (Krishna) such as:
\n(1) By the sight of Jagannatha\u2019s merciful large two eye globes, the devotee will be blessed with astute purity of mind and spiritual elevation;
\n(2) Observing the Rathayatra will dissipate the sins committed by the embodied person in the past births;
\n(3) The accompanying person in the Rathayatra will receive opulence at par with Lord Vishnu even if he hails from a poor family;
\n(4) Dancing, singing and chanting in the Ratharatra entourage, the participant will be elevated to a level superior to yogis; and
\n(5) Active participation in the Rathayatra by any means will receive the utmost blessings of Lord Jagannatha<\/p>\n
1973 This was a special year because the Rathayatra was attended by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada Founder Acharya of ISKCON. Although Srila Prabhupada was 74 years of age, he chanted and danced throughout the entire procession. He ignored the elegant seat on the chariot, which was offered to him, much to the delight of the assembled devotees. This festival was Srila Prabhupada\u2019s triumphant moment looking out at thousands of people chanting the Holy name in Trafalgar Square. This festival was organised by the young Maha Vishnu Swami who donated \u00a310,000 pounds left to him in a will to make this an extraordinary festival with publicity on public buses and a feature film made. The Police commentated \u201cthis was the most delightful of public displays that they had ever seen, everyone was perfectly mannered\u201d. The next day front page headlines of the Guardian newspaper read \u201cISKCON Rathayatha is rival to Nelson\u2019s column\u201d. Srila Prabhupada writes in Caitanya Caritamrita. \u201cJust as the residents of Puri compared the Rathayatra cart to Mount Sumeru, the residents of London considered the cart rival to the Nelson Monument.\u201d<\/p>\n
Photo, Moksha Laxmi dasi holding a copy of the 1973 Rathayatra magazine.<\/p>\n
Link to last years video https:\/\/youtu.be\/fEwsC_TbF_E<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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