{"id":898,"date":"2006-08-19T17:07:38","date_gmt":"2006-08-19T16:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=898"},"modified":"2006-08-19T17:07:38","modified_gmt":"2006-08-19T16:07:38","slug":"lord-jagannatha-blesses-bud-billiken-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=898","title":{"rendered":"Lord Jagannatha Blesses Bud Billiken Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-15-20swsw06-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Subuddhi Krsna dasa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chicago, 12th August 2006<\/p>\n<p> Hundreds of thousands of people had lined up for seeing the legendary Bud Billiken parade in South side of Chicago. This parade takes place on second Saturday of August since last 76 years. It is one of the biggest parades in North America. An estimated 1.2 million are lined up on the two and half mile route, 65000 people take part in the parade itself and more than 225 floats take part. And millions watch the parade live on various national and local TV channels.<\/p>\n<p> This year Lord Jagannatha made its first appearance in the parade and what an appearance! Hare Krishna Temple of Heart, South Chicago had booked a slot for a float and invited devotees to partticipate.More than 150 chanting and dancing devotees from all over america created waves after waves of ecstacy. The 7 feet tall Jagannatha attracted attention of everyone and it was a sight to behold. His infectious smile captured the hearts and won their admiration.<\/p>\n<p> The tireless band of devotees kept everyone on their toes and made them chant the holy names. Our float got more than one minute of TV coverage and even the TV anchor chanted Hare Krishna few times!<\/p>\n<p> The parade ended into a picnic spot where devotees had pitched up tents and were distributing Krishna Prasadam. More than 1000 plates of prasadam was distributed.<\/p>\n<p> Devotees vowed that they will make this event an annual affair and make it bigger and bigger.Mark this date in the calendar for next year and come join this unforgettable experience.<\/p>\n<p> Lord Jagannatha Ki Jaya! Samasta Bhakta Vrinda Ki Jaya!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-15swsw-2006-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-15-swsw2006-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-15-20swsw06-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/100_0434swsw.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/100_sw0440.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-15-200sw-07.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\" \/><strong>By Subuddhi Krsna dasa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This year Lord Jagannatha made its first appearance in the parade and what an appearance! Hare Krishna Temple of Heart, South Chicago had booked a slot for a float and invited devotees to partticipate.More than 150 chanting and dancing devotees from all over america created waves after waves of ecstacy.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iskcon-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898","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=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}