CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur. Deoband, like every year, this year too, the ancient, historical and traditional Shri Krishna Rath Vishal Shobha Yatra Mahotsav will be celebrated with great pomp in Deoband city on Wednesday, 28 August by Shri Panchayati Thakurdwara Sabha. Shri Krishna Rath Yatra has been taking place in Deoband city for more than 125 years. It has its own history and significance. In Deoband city, two days after Shri Krishna Janmashtami, i.e. on Dashami, Wednesday, a grand event of Shri Krishna Rath Yatra will be organized. This Rath Yatra is managed by Shri Panchayati Thakurdwara Sabha. About twenty to twenty-five thousand people participate in the procession. Vinod Prakash Gupta, President of Shri Panchayati Thakurdwara Sabha and Treasurer Ashok Gupta said that at 8 am on Wednesday, the golden chariot will be worshipped and religious flag will be installed at the Veda-Gyan Shri Krishna Rathshala located in Mohalla Chhimpiwada. After this, both the golden chariot and the chariot of Prasad will depart for Shri Thakurdwara Temple. Lord Krishna and Radha Rani will ride on the golden chariot in the form of idols from Shri Thakurdwara Temple at around 4 pm. Immediately after which the procession will start. The procession will start from the Main Bazaar Temple Shri Thakurdwara amidst the presence of beautiful tableaux, bands, kirtan troupes and a large number of devotees and will reach the historic and ancient temple of Shri Radha Vallabh sect located at Anaaj Mandi, MBD Chowk, Main Bazaar, Bazaar Sarasata, Hanuman Chowk, Janakpuri, Kayasthwada. Where devotees will worship Lord Krishna and Radha ji, prasad will be distributed and from there the procession will reach the huge ground of Shri Devikund late at night via Mangalore Road, GT Road. From there, the procession will pass through Mohalla Shahjilal, Tankan, Lahaswada Chowk and Main Bazaar and will conclude at the temple Shri Thakurdwara. On Tuesday, 27th August, at 8 pm, devotees will bid in front of the Lord (including the chariot house) for charioteer, fan waving, distribution of prasad etc. at Shri Panchayati Thakurdwara Temple premises, Main Bazaar, Deoband. While hundreds of temple management committees and their associates and many social-business organizations are contributing to the organization of the procession, the district police-administration and local officials SDM Deoband Ankur Verma, CO Deoband Ashok Sisodia and Police Inspector Sanjeev Kumar will be supervising and monitoring it. There is tremendous enthusiasm in the city and region of Deoband regarding this procession. The police-administration is engaged in making tight arrangements to make the procession a success.