Puri Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb urges ISKCON again to follow scriptural dates for Ratha Yatra
Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb has urged the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) again to follow scriptural dates for Ratha Yatra celebration.
Puri: Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb has urged the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) again to follow scriptural dates for Ratha Yatra celebration.
In a letter to Shree Govardhana Das, the Chairman of ISKCON Governing Body Commission, Shree Mayapur (West Bengal), Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb said that the celebration of Ratha-yatra by ISKCON in various countries outside India in contravention of sacred scriptures and tradition is deeply hurting the religious sentiments and causing severe discontent among devotees of the Lord around the world.
“This violation by ISKCON has been strongly denounced by Param Pujyapad Shreemad Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati Maharaj of Shree Goverdhana Peeth (Puri), the supreme religious authority in matters relating to Shree Jagannatha Sanskriti and Sanatana Vaidika Dharma,” read the letter of the Puri King, who is also the Chairman of the Shree Jagannatha Temple Managing Committee Shree Jagannatha Dham.
“Under the aforesaid circumstances, I sincerely urge you to reconsider your decision and advise ISKCON Temples to celebrate Shree Jagannatha Ratha-yatra around the world only during the nine-days auspicious period commencing on Asadha Shukla-paksha Dvitiya Tithi in accordance with the prescription of sacred scriptures and ancient well-established tradition,” it added.
