On Saturday, 26 June 2010 The Guyana chapter of the Hare Krishna Movement (The International Society for Krishna Consciousness—ISKCON) will be holding its annual Ratha-yatra festival in Georgetown today. The canopied Lord Jagannath Cart parade starts at 14:00h near Guyana Stores, through Avenue of the Republic, Brickdam, Alexander Street, Church Street and ends at Merriman’s Mall Tarmac, where a grand cultural programme is billed from 17:30h. It is expected that hundreds of Guyanese members will be joined by more than 20 members of African descent who hails from the USA and Nigeria.Special guest of honour will be His Holiness Bhakti Vasudev Maharaja, who is from Bayelsa State, Nigeria. As a prelude to Ratha-yatra there have been several planned engagements for chanting of God’s names and distribution of sanctified food in various parts of Georgetown and its suburbs by the visitors and local Hare Krishna devotees. Ratha Yatra is one of the biggest and most popular religious and cultural festivals held by ISKCON in all major cities around the world, and is attended by people of all walks of life. The Society is inviting everyone to participate in this celebration.
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