Hare Krishna, friends! I Vivek, in this blog I'll talk about my experiences participating in the massive Jagannath rath yatra that takes place across India on Friday, July 1st. Since I had never been to a rath yatra before, I was likewise anticipating this one with excitement. Because I was in Vrindavan on that particular day and the rath yatra was taking place in Mathura, I took my afternoon prasadam on that occasion. However, my roommate and I had to rush to get there because we had already missed the start of the rath yatra. When we got there, I noticed that many people were pulling the rope to move the rath and that there were numerous groups performing sankirtan, some of which included mridanga players and vocalists. And the majority of focus moments involved a devotional dance. There were numerous devotees present, many of them were circling and dancing in groups. Vaishnav danced to the tune of Hare Krishna kirtan. In order to see Jagannath Bhagwan, his sister Subhadra, and...
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