Every year the New Varshana devotees organize a Rathayatra parade that goes
down Queen Street in Auckland. This has been going on for decades and a
beautiful big Jagannatha chariot is pulled through the city.
In the last year, a smaller chariot has been built that allows us to go in
parades in the suburbs and smaller regional towns. I was fortunate to attend
the first one in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga.
The event was joyful and the crowd waved to the devotees performing kirtan and
pulling Lord Jagannatha, Balarama and Subhadra devi’s chariot through the
center of town.
