Santiago Municipality in Chile treat Iskcon’s Ratha Yatra as their own festival and provide all facility
By Sri Bhakti Das
They placed Ratha Yatra posters throughout a large part of the city, they provided implements, part of the security, the stage, etc. Also, the Ratha Yatra appeared on all of its websites as an event co-produced by the Municipality. This was a truly historical event in Chile: That a Major together with her Municipality (public entity with great influence on political and social development) has taken the Ratha Yatra as its own festival; in other words, not only as an activity of the Hare Krishna movement.