ISKCON Sri Lanka: 2012

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Annual Ratha Yatra-2012

Annual Ratha Yatra Festival-2012

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Sri Lanka celebrated the Ratha Yatra Festival for the 14^th consecutive time on Sunday the 30^th, October 2012.

H.H.Jayapataka Swami and H.H.Bhanu Swami also attended the festival. The Ratha left the temple at 7am from the Radha Krishna Temple and reached Ramakrishna Mission Hall, Wellawatte and remained there until 2^nd October on which date started the journey to Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple.

Thousands of devotees from all over Colombo participated enthusiastically and received the blessings from Lord Jagannath, Baladev and Subadhra.

There was chanting and dancing by the Mayapur devotees and prasadam distribution. Many school children and the Hare Krishna religious school children also were in the procession.

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