Shoba Ratha Yatra festival in Stanger

By the Mercy of our Beloved Gurudeva
Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami
Maharaja we had a successful Shoba
Ratha Yatra in Stanger which is about
40km north of Durban on the coast.

By the Mercy of our Srila Gurudeva
many devotees have taken shelter
at the dust of his Divine Lotus Feet
and are preaching to the people
of Stanger and Surrounding areas.

All the devotees of Darnall,Stanger
arranged a Ratha Yatra festival
which co-incided with Murari Mohan
prabhu and his good family opening
a preaching centre in Darnall,Stanger
called the Hare Krsna Ashram.
Murari prabhu together with his
5 children who are all iniatiated
by our Beloved Srila Guurdeva
Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana
Maharaja and with other devotees
in that area,organised a very transcendental
programme beginning with Guru Puja
to our Beloved Gurudeva and then
Tulasi Puja and then the Main event that
everybody was anxiously waiting for
the Ratha Yatra procession through
the streets of Darnall.All the devotees
were immersed in the Kirtana
and also all were taking in
the Darshana of their Lordships
Sri Sri Jagganatha,Baladeva and Lady
Subhadra who were decorated in their
finest jewellery and clothing.

The procession took us about just
over an hour and although we had
many hills to go through, the Kirtana
and the presence of their Lordships
the devotees were lost in the festival
and even forgot about the road conditions
and time.Many onlookers had an oppurtunity
to hear the Holy names and have Darshan
of their Lordships on the chariot.We even
went pass a church and they greeted us
favourably.

After the procession the devotees
sang some Bhajans and Subhadra didi
gave a lecture to the attendees.
Then a vote of thanks by Murari Mohan
Prabhu and sumptous Prasadam was
prepared for all.Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu wanted this Holy Name
to spread all over the world to every
town and Village and Darnall Stanger
has just been added to that list as
one of the villages by our Beloved
Srila Gurudeva`s Mercy and the foremost
preacher in the western world His Divine
Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja
Prabhupada.Hari Nama Sankirtana Ki Jai!
Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja
Ki Jai!