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WORLD  Rathayatra In Mayapur BY TUSTI MOHAN KRSNA DAS  MAYAPUR, INDIA, Mar 17 (VNN) — Dear Devotees, dandavat Pranams.As part of the festivities that we have in Sri Mayapur dham for this very auspicious occasion of Sri Gaurpurnima festival 2003 today morning (17-3-03) we had a very ecstatic Rathayatra festival. It was great to see the mode of the devotees during this transcendental event made famous all over the world by HDG Srila Prabhupada. Thousands of devotees and pilgrims gathered in the court yard of Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir to start the procession of 4 chariots (3 for Sri Sri Sri Jagannath, Baladeva & Subhadra and one for Sri Sri Gaurnitai).' There were groups of kirtan in front of each chariot and the matajies made their own group in front Srimate Subhadra devi's chariot, also we had the performance during the festival of a special group from Tirupati that is part of their service to do special performances in front of the deities of Lord Vishnu in south India, as well we have the artists and players of Sri Ranganiketan from Manipur giving their best for this festival, they also were leading the procession before the chariots. Some martial band group were also present and as it is tradition in Mayapur Gulab ( the elephant ) is always present in every procession and is part of the main attractions for the devotees. Rathyatra in Mayapur is one of the most favorite activities that we have during this festival since Navadwipa is non different from Purusottama Kshetra Sri Jagannath Puri. We are sending many pictures about this important spiritual event, please visit http://www.mayapur.info and other related websites. Contact VNN about this story  Send this story to a friend
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