Ratha Yatra in The Netherland

Sept 09. Ratha yatra in The Netherlands. In almost all the big cities of The Netherlands the glory of Vedic culture are shown in every summer with the Rathayatra festival moving across the city. This year too the festival was organised in The Hague (see video above), Eindhoven, Rotterdam and Amsterdam. It is very pleasant to see this festival embracing the cult of universal brotherhood, peace and harmoney within the community. It is a unity among the diversity. Here everybody is welcomed, served and entertained in the vedic tradition. Vegetarian food is served to all the visitors for free. More than five hundred people joined the procession.

Ratha yatra is festival in which the lord ofthe universe Sri Krisna in his mercyful form as Jagannath along with His brother and sister comes out to the street to enable people revive their relations with the God. How Krsna appeared in that way and how this tradition began on earth is best explained in a feature film ABHAY CARAN serial. The dieties are now residing in the Naamhat cultural center Boxtel. Everybody is welcomed to see the deities at any time.

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