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May 4, 2004 VNN8613
Ratha-Yatra Berlin May 30 2004
BY SRI GAURA-NITAI GAUDIYA MATHA
 GERMANY, May 4 (VNN) — Radhe Radhe! All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!
We are happy to announce that from 28th of May to 1st of June 2004, we will hold a Ratha Yatra Festival in Berlin with the most auspicious presence of Bhaktivedanta Vana Maharaja, Bhaktivedanta Srauti Maharaja and Vaisnavas and Vaisnavis from all over Europe.
You are all invited and welcome to join us.
The Ratha Yatra Procession will be part of a huge annual "Cultures of the world" Festival which attracts about half a million spectators and is broadcasted by regional TV-Stations. We will have a very beautiful Jagannatha Cart and enthusiastic chanting with expert kirtaniyas. This event will be included in a high class five day Hari-Katha Festival which will take place in a Yogacenter in Berlin. With the help of a projector and the experienced speakers we will take you directly to Jagannatha Puri and visit all the auspicious places there.
Program schedule
Morning classes- 8am
Evening classes- 4pm
1st class- Friday 4pm
last class- Tuesday 8am Ratha Yatra procession- Sunday 11am
How to get there:
We would like to welcome you first in our temple and to guide you from there to your respective accomondations and to the festival hall.
After 3pm on Friday the reception will be moved to the festival hall.
Directions to our temple:
Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti
Emserstrasse 70
12051 Berlin- Neukšlln
By car
- from Hannover the A 111 or from Hamburg the A 115 change at Autobahnkreuz Funkturm to highway A 100 in direction KurfŸrstendamm
- from Dresden the A 13 or from Frankfurt/ Oder the A 12 change at Schšnefelder Kreuz to highway Berliner Ring in direction Potsdam - at the first exit Rangsdorf take the B 96 to Berlin center - in the area Berlin-Tempelhof before the highwaybridge turn right on the highway A 100 in direction Oberlandstrasse
- On the highway A 100 take the exit Oberlandstrasse
- turn left into "Oberlandstrasse
- take first turn left into Eschersheimerstrasse
- continue into Oderstrasse and take 2nd turn right into Emserstrasse
- there you will find us on the left side in the ground level of number 70
by plane
- coming from airport Berlin- Schšnefeld take the shuttle bus to the rail station and from there take the S45 in direction Gesundbrunnen to the station Hermannstrasse
- coming from Berlin- Tegel take the bus X9 to Jungfernheide and switch to the train S24, S45, S46 or S47 to the station Hermannstrasse in the southeast center of Berlin (maps are available at every station)
- from Hermannstrasse walk north and turn left into Emserstrasse after five minute walk, you will find us on the right side in the ground level of number 70
Direction to the festival hall
Hic et nunc Center for Yoga, Qi Gong and martial arts Ahornstrasse 24 12163 Berlin- Steglitz
By car
- coming from A 111 or A 115 change at Autobahnkreuz Funkturm to highway A 100 in direction KurfŸrstendamm
- change at Autobahnkreuz Wilmersdorf to highway A 104 in direction Steglitz
- when the highway ends go straight and at the third signal turn right into Lepsiusstrasse and then immedatly turn left into Ahornstrasse
- you will find us there in the Yogacenter HIC house number 24 on the righthand side
- coming from the highway A 12 or A 13 change at Schšnefelder Kreuz to highway Berliner Ring in direction Potsdam
- at the first exit Rangsdorf take the B 96 to Berlin center
- in the area Berlin-Tempelhof, before the highwaybridge, turn right on the highway A 100 in direction Oberlandstrasse
- change at Autobahnkreuz Schšneberg to highway A 103 in direction Steglitz
- take exit Filandastrasse
- turn right into Schildhornstrasse
- take 1st turn left into Lepsiusstrasse
- turn left into Ahornstrasse
- you will find us there in the Yogacenter HIC house number 24 on the righthand side
By plane
- from airport Berlin- Schšnefeld take the shuttle bus to the rail station and from there take the S45 in direction Gesundbrunnen to the station Bundesplatz
- from airport Berlin- Tegel take the bus X9 to Jungfernheide and switch to the train S24, S45, S46 or S47 to the station Bundesplatz in the southwest center of Berlin (maps are available at every station)
- from Bundesplatz take the subway U9 in direction Rathaus Steglitz
- exit at the station Schlo§strasse and walk the road Schlo§strasse in southern direction
- take the first turn left into Ahornstrasse and after a short walk you will find us on the lefthand side in the Yogacenter HIC in house number 24
Accommodations and festival fees
Our facilities for accomodation are two big apartments with the option to fit as many people in as possible and a few householders who provide their living room (please bring your mats).
The fee for the five-day festival inclusive two meals is 10 Û per day, and the fee for accomondation is another 10 Û per day.
If anyone wants more privacy, we suggest to rent an apartment in the area of the festival (Berlin - Steglitz) at www.zimmer-berlin.de, which will be around 16 Û per night and person
To make sure to get your room, we suggest you book and pay your fees in advance.
These are the bank codes to transfer your payment
from Germany
Name:Bjšrn Schubert
Kto:8 69 32 08 04
BLZ:700 100 80
Bank:Postbank MŸnchen
Betreff:Ratha Yatra und ihr Name
International
Name:Bjšrn Schubert
IBAN:DE 53 7001 0080 0869 3208 04
BIC:PBNKDEFF
Bank: Postbank MŸnchen
Description:Ratha Yatra and your name
Because the rooms will be in different places, we suggest friends to book a room together. For any information and assistance please contact us.
E-mail: Bhaktiberlin@yahoo.de
Phone:+49 30 62 00 87 47
Fax:+49 48 49 84 01 1
Festivalmobil:+49 16 06 41 14 34
Radha Vinoda:+49 17 96 04 46 55
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