Yesterday afternoon on the seafront in Brighton 100s gathered for the Rathayatra festival. After finishing at Hove Lawns vegan/veggie food was handed out to people participating and to passers by.
“Each year we organise a huge festival on Brighton Seafront known as ‘Rathayatra’.
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Rathayatra is a festival for Lord Krishna and His devotees. Â It’s an extraordinary spiritual event that originates in Jagannatha Puri on the east coast of India and dates back over 2,000 years.
Everyone chants the Hare Krishna maha-mantra with musical instruments and drums  along with dancing in ecstacy as Krishna in His most merciful form of Jagannatha is pulled along on a huge wooden cart.”
