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MAHESH'S SNAN YATRA _______
It is often said that after the Snan Yatra of Puri, 'Nilkantha' bird is seen sitting on the Jagannath temple of Mahesh, in Sreerampur only 23 km from Howrah. Lord Jagannath on his way to Snan Yatra had rested on the banks of river Ganga in Mahesh. Since then it acquired the status of a holy place. Even today thousands of pilgrims who undertake Snan Yatra (pilgrimage) flock to Mahesh for their holy dip. Mahesh acquired its importance when Drubananda Brahmachari started the Snan Yatra. Around 500yrs.

ago he had gone to the Jagannath temple of Puri to offer the Lord offerings but the sevaks did not allow him to make any offerings. Anguished he went without food and almost killed himself but it is told that in his dream the Lord directed him to Mahesh.Drubananda Brahmachari went to Mahesh. One rainy night he found 3 wooden trunks of neem tree floating near the banks of river Ganga.

With these wooden planks he sculptured them into idols of Lord Jagannatha, his brother Lord Balarama and their sister Devi Shubhadra. These wooden sculptures are still worshipped today unlike the Puri's idols that are changed every 12 years.

MAHESH'S RATH _____
After the Snan Yatra it takes 2 weeks to re-varnish and polish the idols which is known as "Angorag or Rupankan". A yagna is then performed and the deities are then kept on the alter and the temple door is re-opened for the devotees. This is known as "Nabajouban Utsav".

On the second day or "dwitia"is the Rath Yatra. Unlike the three raths (chariots) of Puri, Mahesh's Rath Yatra is graced with only one chariot but it is a four storied chariot. Earlier this rath was made of wood but because of its deteriorating condition, in the year 1292, the Dewan of Shyambazar, Krishnaram Basu made the present rath. It is made of iron and wrapped up with wood. It was built by Martinbarn company, 50 feet high with nine temple tops and weighing 125 tonnes. England's Joy Engineering company built the 12 wheels of the chariot. In front of the chariot are 2 copper horses and wooden swans. It was worth Rs.20,000 then. The idol of Lord Jagannath is placed on the top of the chariot.

From Mahesh the Rath goes to Kunjobati, Lord Jagannath's aunt's place. For nine days with Balabhadra and Shubhadra, Lord Jagannath reside and return to his temple on Skukla Dashami which is known as Ulta Rath.

ISKCON'S RATH YATRA________________________________

In Nadiya, Mayapur, is the establishment of ISKCON, International society of Krishna Consciousness. ISKCON establishments are also in Hyderabad, Vrindavan and Mumbai. Every year devotees of Krishna and Chaitanya from all over the world visit these places to participate in the festivities of Rath Yatra. Since the Hare Krishna movement in 1968 Rath Yatra is celebrated as an annual event in places such as London, Paris and New York pioneered by A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The "Hare Ram Utsav" is also very famous. Calcutta's ISKCON's Rath Yatra started in the year 1972. There are 35 other countries who celebrate Rath Yatra in their own homeland.


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