Dates with devotion: The division in Puri’s Rath Yatra celebrations
There is resentment in one of India’s most-celebrated temple towns, Puri, against the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). The global movement to promote devotion to Lord Krishna through chanting has been organising Rath Yatra processions across several countries. In most, the dates have differed from the one prescribed by the centuries-old ritual calendar of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri.
- ▪There is resentment in one of India’s most-celebrated temple towns, Puri, against the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).
- ▪The global movement to promote devotion to Lord Krishna through chanting has been organising Rath Yatra processions across several countries.
- ▪In most, the dates have differed from the one prescribed by the centuries-old ritual calendar of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri.
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There is resentment in one of India’s most-celebrated temple towns, Puri, against the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). The global movement to promote devotion to Lord Krishna through chanting has been organising Rath Yatra processions across several countries. In most, the dates have differed from the one prescribed by the centuries-old ritual calendar of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri. Further, the organisation refused to abide by the schedule of the temple’s managing committee in Puri.Supreme Court allows release of animated film Mahaprabhu Jagannath after Rath Yatra, says animation cannot erode devotionThis year’s Rath Yatra began on Thursday (July 16, 2026) at the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri and across India, with three towering wooden chariots…
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