50th Rathayatra San Francisco - Festival of Chariots

The chariot festival of Lord Jagannatha (rathayatra), the Lord of the Universe, has been performed at the spiritual seaside resort of Puri, India for more than two thousand years. This festival involves taking the deities of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, Goddess Subhadra on chariots. On this day the deities come out of the temple to offer blessings to all living entities. This festival is performed in a mood of love and devotion and invokes auspiciousness for universal peace, harmony, and good will for all. The Founder Acharya of ISKCON, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, organized the first Jagannatha Rathayatra festival in 1967 in San Francisco. You are invited with family and friends to participate in this 50th Rathayatra in San Francisco.