FlickR Album: Rath Yatra 2008-09-06

These are photos I took of the Rath Yatra Festival (Festival of Chariots) put on by followers of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in Calgary. They pulled a large chariot/float through downtown to Shaw Millennium Park where they had free food, entertainment, and religious information.

Chanting Hare Krishna at Park

by Robert Thivierge
Chanting Hare Krishna at Park
This is after the chariot had parked. Everyone was at Shaw Millennium Park. The man with the microphone was doing some more Hare Krishna chanting. He is holding one of the food offerings by the monks on the chariot (I surmised).

Calgary women walk in Krishna Rath Yatra

by Robert Thivierge
Calgary women walk in Krishna Rath Yatra
This is one of the pictures I took of the Rath Yatra festival in downtown Calgary. It was put on by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishnas.

Krishnas wear rainbows

by Robert Thivierge
Krishnas wear rainbows
This is one of the pictures I took of the Rath Yatra festival in downtown Calgary. It was put on by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishnas.

Hare Krishna Rath Yatra 2

by Robert Thivierge
Hare Krishna Rath Yatra 2
This is one of the pictures I took of the Rath Yatra festival in downtown Calgary. It was put on by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishnas. These two girls were walking along the procession going down 8 Avenue SW as it made its way to Shaw Millennium Park.

Hare Krishna Rath Yatra Chariot 1

by Robert Thivierge
Hare Krishna Rath Yatra Chariot 1
This is one of the pictures I took of the Rath Yatra festival put on by followers of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in Calgary. The large chariot was pulled by worshipers chanting Hare Krishna.

Krishnas raise their hands at Rath Yatra

by Robert Thivierge
Krishnas raise their hands at Rath Yatra
At this point the worshipers temporarily stopped pulling the chariot (off camera) down 8 Avenue SW. The girl with the microphone, and others, were singing/chanting the Maha Mantra: