Sunday August 5th

5:30 PM

Tentative Schedule

5:30 PM ...... Arati & Kirtan

*6:30 PM .....Jagannatha Snanayatra with Kirtan

7:30 ........Announcements

8:00 .... Kirtan / Prasadam


Devotees bathe Lord Jagannatha durning
the annual Snana-Yatra in Burnaby Temple



Lord Jagannatha is dressed to be be bathed 

Kirtan Vancouver

Kirtan Vancouver
Saturday August 18th

 

Snana Yatra  
(Bathing festival of Lord Jagannath)

Once a year Lord Jagannatha, along with His brother and sister Lord Balarama and Lady Subadra, come off the temple altar and are bathed by all Their loving devotees.

This is a very special pastime of the Lord. 

The bathing (abisheka) festival (snanayatra is said to be the birth anniversary of Lord Jagannatha.

 Lord Jagannatha is another name for Lord Krishna which means Lord of the universe.
Unfortunately almost always, after the Lord is bathed, He catches a cold.

Due to His intense cold He is taken to an intensive care facility and is temporarily absent from the altar.

The devotees who take care of Lord Jaganntha during this time arrange for different juices as His special medicine so the Lord can quickly recover.
All the devotees are invited to bring the Lord these special medicines in the form of juices.

They Him medicine in the form or fresh juices.
You yourself can bring Lord Jagannatha some special medicine (various good quality juice) for His recovery. 

Sometimes devotees like to bring "get well" cards as well.

While under intensive care if needed, the deity receives minor repairs or is repainted then after two weeks Lord Jagannatha, feeling better wants to give His audience to everyone who have missed Him so a special car, which is pulled by His devotees is built so He can go for a ride to greet His devotees.  
He then goes for a ride on His majestic chariot in a procession with His devotees. This festival is known as Jagannatha Ratha-Yatra.

These two festivals, Jagannatha Snana-Yatra and Ratha-Yatra have been going on since time immemorial in Jagannatha Puri, the place where Lord Jagannatha originally appeared milleniums ago. These same pastimes of the Lord now take place in major cities all over the world including Vancouver.

This year will mark the 38th year that these festivals will take place in Vancouver
To participate in the upcoming Festival of India / Chariot Parade (Ratha-Yatra) or for further information about it please visit the following web pages.

Festival of India

Jagannatha RathaYatra
Sunday August 19th