The celebrations of 48th Kolkata Rathayatra Festival organized by ISKCON had started from the day of snan poornima. Gundicha Yatra was celebrated yesterday, Shoja Rath today and Ulto Rath will be celebrated on July 12. In modern times, we often end up neglecting the ones
In recent times, because of his Divine Grace, Puri's Ratha-yatrá has become famous worldwide. Srila Prabhupada brought the Ratha-yätra to the Western world, inspiring his disciples to celebrate the first Ratha-yåtra on 9 July 1967 in San Francisco. Now, because of his endeavours and inspiration,
Born to a Muslim family, married recently to a Hindu, donning the Hindu bride’s sindoor at the Parliament, Nusrat Jahan has raised many eyebrows. So much so that even a Muslim cleric had issued a fatwa against her. But she remains undaunted. What she says
Lord Jagannath is said to have a big appetite. Hence, he is always offered a sumptuous bhog and he is known as Bhoga Khaiya – one who eats a lot of bhoga. Every day, Lord Jagannatha honours 56 different items of bhoga at his temple
While talking about theatre of Bengal, Nandikar is an indispensable name which inevitably surfaces in our minds. This famous theatre group, which began its journey on 29 June, 1960 completes its 60 years today. Ajitesh Bandopadhyay, Asit Bandhopadhyay along with other sincere theatre practitioners gave
If you interact with the children of modern times in and around Kolkata, you will discover that most of them are not exposed to Bengali literature or films. Be it due to the advent of technology, extreme pressure of studies or fast-paced life, the present
The book Mahabhava-prakasam by Sikhi Mahitioffers esoteric reasons behind the unusual form of Jagannath Dev. In Gambhira, the residence of Śri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Svarupa Damodara and Rämananda Raya asked Mahaprabhu about the extraordinary features of the deities of Jagannatha, Baladeva, and Subhadra. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had a
And here’s to this year’s Durga Puja, the largest street festival of the world. From the days of the Raj to the present days of theme Puja, the history of Durga Puja is almost 300 years old. It is said when Lord Clive won the
Thousands of years ago, King Indradyumna, a great devotee of Lord Vishņu, yearned to see the Lord face to face. He received the news of incarnation of Lord Vishnu or Nila Mädhava, who told his pujari that he would like to be worshipped in royal
The annual bathing festival of Lord Jagannath, ‘Snan Yatra’ was held by ISKCON at Rajpur on June 17. Rajpur is around 5 kilometres away from Mayapur, the headquarters of ISKCON in Nadia. Jagannath Dev’s Snan Yatra is a run-up to the annual ‘Rath Yatra’ festival