Rathayatra — a very feeling festival
Posted on June 20, 2012
Filed under BVKS Sanga
Now, this occasion I may explain little bit. Here you see Jagannatha and
Balarama and Subhadra. They are Krsna and His elder brother and His sister,
Subhadra. There is a place in India about ninety miles north of Delhi. You
have heard the name of New Delhi. The place is named Kuruksetra. It is
accepted as the holy place, pilgrimage. People still gather there,
especially during the eclipse, solar and lunar eclipse. So there was once,
five thousand years ago, there was a solar eclipse, and all people, from all
parts of India, they came to Kuruksetra, and Krsna at that time was prince
at Dvaraka, He also came with His elder brother and sister. Krsna in His
childhood, He was raised as the foster son of Maharaja Nanda and mother
Yasoda in Vrndavana. Then, when He was grown up… You will find this
history in the Krsna book. So the incidence is that Krsna was the beloved
personality in Vrndavana. So when He left Vrndavana, all the people there,
they were very, very unhappy. So when Krsna came to Kuruksetra from Dvaraka
with His brother and sister, these people in Vrndavana, they got news that
Krsna is coming there. Vrndavana is about the same distance. Kuruksetra is
greater distance. Anyway, they came to see Krsna out of their love. And the
most beloved personality, Srimati Radharani, She was requesting Krsna that
“You are the same Krsna. I am the same Radharani. But the place is not the
same. You are here in Kuruksetra in royal opulence, and we are coming from
the village. So if You again please come to Vrndavana.” This was Radharani’s
request. And it is very ecstatic feeling. Those who are advanced devotee,
they can enjoy… So this is a very feeling festival.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Ratha-yatra — Philadelphia, July 12, 1975
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