ISKCON Mangalore to Organise Its 20th Annual Rathotsava on February 10: Know More

ISKCON Mangalore to Organise Its 20th Annual Rathotsava on February 10: Know More

ISKCON Mangalore branch in Kodialbail will organise the 20th annual Sri Krishna Balarama Rathotsava (chariot festival) on Saturday, February 10, from P.V.S Kalakunj Temple.

Gunakara Rama Dasa, ISKCON Mangalore president, informed that the rathotsava recreates Krishna-Balarama riding a chariot through Vrindavan streets in Mathura to grant audience to devotees during the Dwapara Yuga.

The rathotsava will start after a special puja at 4.30 p.m. and the chariot carrying deities of Krishna-Balarama would move through Sharada Vidyalaya Road, T.V. Raman Pai Hall, Mahamaya Temple, Car Street Temple Square, Kulur Ferry Road, Mannagudda and M.G. Road before ending at the Iskcon Temple premises. Devotees will sing bhajans, chant Hare Krishna Hare Rama and dance to the tunes of devotional music all along the rathotsava. Public may offer puja, aarathi, flowers and fruits to the deities and they also may decorate the roads with Rangoli etc.

Mangalore City South MLA D. Vedavyasa Kamath, Alva’s Education Foundation Chairman M. Mohan Alva, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat CEO K. Anandh, MCC Councillor Jayashree Kudva, A.K. Bansal group director Abhinav Bansal and others would attend the event.