Kendari is the capital of the Indonesian province of Southeast Sulawesi. The city lies along Kendari Bay. The festivities for the Ratha Yatra were arranged at the district football ground of Ladongi in Loea District. Devotees started to arrive a day ahead of the festival especially devotees from Amongedo district. Saciputra Das and Ramanuja das from Bali arrived at Jati Bali, 3 hours’ drive from Ladongi, with 30 kilos of flowers for decorating the chariot. Bhakta Gede Sukanta and his wife kindly arrange to receive the devotees at their residence where we had kirtan, class and, of course, prasad. Since we had to start very early the next morning seeing the constraint on time all devotees worked together to prepare the garlands throughout the night.
Kendari is the capital of the Indonesian province of Southeast Sulawesi. The city lies along Kendari Bay. The festivities for the Ratha Yatra were arranged at the district football ground of Ladongi in Loea District. Devotees started to arrive a day ahead of the festival especially devotees from Amongedo district. Saciputra Das and Ramanuja das from Bali arrived at Jati Bali, 3 hours’ drive from Ladongi, with 30 kilos of flowers for decorating the chariot. Bhakta Gede Sukanta and his wife kindly arrange to receive the devotees at their residence where we had kirtan, class and, of course, prasad. Since we had to start very early the next morning seeing the constraint on time all devotees worked together to prepare the garlands throughout the night.