By Iskcon Medchal
Majority of the devotees who attended were surprised at the spontaneous response of the public and the participation and remarked that in future they would ensure people from all nearby villages will participate in greater numbers. Throughout the Rath route, there was accompaniment of Vedic Chanting by Vedic Panditas, Nadaswaram and Prasadam packets containing Halwa and Pulihara was distributed to nearly 50000 participants and onlookers. The people really enjoyed the gaiety, fun and the wonderful darshan of their Lordships on the rath. The rath stopped at various key points on the way to receive arathi and offerings of the public. Police had made robust bandobast arrangements to ensure everything went off peacefully.