Wednesday 25 December 2019

FESTIVAL OF THE CHARIOTS, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 9



Do you know that 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the St Kilda Festival and our 10th annual Jagannatha Festival of the Chariots?

Mark Sunday, February the 9th in your diary. Lord Jagannatha invites thousands of St Kilda Festival goers to party! I’m sure you’ll agree, Lord Jagannatha is indeed the most merciful form of the Lord – He is eager to extend His blessings to everyone simply by glancing at them with His beautiful lotus eyes.

At 1 pm we’ll pull the Lord’s beautiful chariot from the corner of Beaconsfield Parade and Fitzroy Streets. We’ll escort the Lords via Jacka Boulevard to Luna Park, and return to Catani Gardens by 2:30 pm. We can’t do this without help from you and your family and friends.


After the Parade, we’ll carry Srila Prabhupada and Sri Jagannatha-Balarama-Subhadra to Their special Temple tent. From there, They’ll bless everyone throughout the afternoon.

This year Catani Gardens will again host our Vegetarian / Vegan Hare Krishna Food Festival, offering delicious food and drinks to all-comers.

We’re also excited to confirm with you that Sri Keshava and Joakin (the Global Party People) will join us again on stage. Sri Keshava has earned global renown as a contemporary Vedic disc jockey, dancer, and yoga teacher. Using Vedic and ethnically diverse music mixes, live instrumentation and singing, they welcome festival-goers from all walks of life to come together to hear and dance for Jagannatha’s pleasure.


Many of our traditional attractions will return, including community song, dance and drama on-stage. Off-stage there will be henna and face painting, Bhagavad-gita card readings, and free watermelon for all.

If you would like to help, please contact Bhakta Däsa (bhakta@iskcon.net.au) and he’ll guide you towards volunteering opportunities leading to this mega-event, or on the day itself.

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