Timing of Gwalior Rath Yatra a priority: Gajapati Maharaja
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By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb on Saturday stated Rath Yatra can’t be organised in another a part of the nation or world after the Holy Trinity’s competition at Puri. Earlier this month, the Madhya Pradesh ISKCON chapter introduced to organise Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra Mahotsav-2023 on June 24 in Gwalior and preparations on this regard are underway.
This, nonetheless, has not gone down effectively with the servitors of the Shree Jagannath temple at Puri who stated there must be no premature conduct of Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra because it demeans the Jagannath Culture. In the previous too, the Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) had warned ISKCON towards doing so.
They have been demanding that Rath Yatra must be organised internationally solely throughout the Hindu month of Ashada as per Skanda Purana and different spiritual scriptures. Speaking to media individuals on Saturday, Gajapati Maharaja knowledgeable that after the competition at Puri when the Holy Trinity is taken on to the Ratna Simhasana contained in the sanctum sanctorum of Srimandir, no Rath Yatra may be organised wherever else.
“In the past, we had discussed the ISKCON issue with the saints and scholars here. They had said that the Trinity leaves Srimandir during the Dwitiya Tithi, Shukla Paksha, of the Ashada month when the Rath Yatra begins. And during Asadha Suklapakshya Trayodashi, the deities return to Srimandir in Niladri Bije,” he stated. Hence, the interval between Dwitiya and Trayodashi is the time for organising Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra.
Stating that Dwitiya is the right time for organising Rath Yatra, the Gajapati stated in case of any drawback Rath Yatra may be held between Dwitiya and Trayodashi. “But after Trayodashi (after deities are back to the Ratna Simhasana ), there is no question of any Rath Yatra anywhere,” he stated.
BHUBANESWAR: Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb on Saturday stated Rath Yatra can’t be organised in another a part of the nation or world after the Holy Trinity’s competition at Puri. Earlier this month, the Madhya Pradesh ISKCON chapter introduced to organise Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra Mahotsav-2023 on June 24 in Gwalior and preparations on this regard are underway.
This, nonetheless, has not gone down effectively with the servitors of the Shree Jagannath temple at Puri who stated there must be no premature conduct of Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra because it demeans the Jagannath Culture. In the previous too, the Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) had warned ISKCON towards doing so.
They have been demanding that Rath Yatra must be organised internationally solely throughout the Hindu month of Ashada as per Skanda Purana and different spiritual scriptures. Speaking to media individuals on Saturday, Gajapati Maharaja knowledgeable that after the competition at Puri when the Holy Trinity is taken on to the Ratna Simhasana contained in the sanctum sanctorum of Srimandir, no Rath Yatra may be organised wherever else.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“In the past, we had discussed the ISKCON issue with the saints and scholars here. They had said that the Trinity leaves Srimandir during the Dwitiya Tithi, Shukla Paksha, of the Ashada month when the Rath Yatra begins. And during Asadha Suklapakshya Trayodashi, the deities return to Srimandir in Niladri Bije,” he stated. Hence, the interval between Dwitiya and Trayodashi is the time for organising Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra.
Stating that Dwitiya is the right time for organising Rath Yatra, the Gajapati stated in case of any drawback Rath Yatra may be held between Dwitiya and Trayodashi. “But after Trayodashi (after deities are back to the Ratna Simhasana ), there is no question of any Rath Yatra anywhere,” he stated.
