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Ratha Yatra Leicester UK 2018 International Society for Krishna Consciousness ISKCON

The highlights from the Ratha Yatra festival that took place in Leicester in 2018

The video focused on documenting the joy that this festival brings to the Krishna community

The term particularly refers to the annual Rathayatra in Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and other East Indian states , particularly the Odia festival that involve a public procession with a chariot with deities Jagannath (Vishnu avatar), Balabhadra (his brother), Subhadra (his sister) and Sudarshana Chakra (his weapon) on a ratha, a wooden deula-shaped chariot. It attracts over a million Hindu pilgrims who join the procession each year