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The Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) was founded by Shastri Yagnapurushdas in 1907. [2] [3] The organization continued to expand its activities internationally through health fairs, environmental activities, youth development campaigns, and worldwide "walkathon" fundraising campaigns to benefit local, national and international charities.
The Rath Yatra starts on the second lunar day the bright fortnight (shukla paksha) of the Hindu month of Ashadha. [6] One day before the Ratha Yatra, the Gundicha Temple is religiously cleansed for housing the gods. [7] [8] On the first day of the yatra, the deities are transported in chariots from the main temple to Gundicha temple.
The Ratha Yatra of Puri, also rendered as the Ratha Jatra (Odia: ରଥଯାତ୍ରା, lit. 'chariot festival') ( / ˈ r ʌ θ ə ˈ j ɑː t r ɑː / , Odia pronunciation: [ɾɔt̪ʰɔ dʒat̪ɾa] ), is considered the oldest and largest Hindu chariot festival celebrated annually, on the bright half of the lunar month of Ashadh (June–July).
Baripada hosts the second most popular Rath Yatra of Odisha after Puri and so, is known as Dwitiya Srikshetra. Baripada’s Ratha Yatra is popular for its unique culture, pulling of the Chariot or Ratha of Maa Subhadra, only by the women. The women can be seen in all vigor and spirit, pulling the chariot. The chariots like the crowds are big.
Yatra (Sanskrit: यात्रा, lit. 'journey, procession', IAST: Yātrā), in Indian-origin religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, generally means a pilgrimage [1] to holy places such as confluences of sacred rivers, sacred mountains, places associated with Hindu epics such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana, and other sacred pilgrimage sites. [2]
Kedarnath Temple in Himalayan Mountains, Uttarakhand Evening prayers at Ganga river (Har-Ki-Pauri) in Haridwar. In Hinduism, the yatra (pilgrimage) to the tirthas (sacred places) has special significance for earning the punya (spiritual merit) needed to attain the moksha (salvation) by performing the darśana (viewing of deity), the parikrama (circumambulation), the yajna (sacrificial fire ...
Map of the Narmada River and its tributaries' course. The primary component of the campaign is a yatra or pilgrimage. The yatra ran for 148 days from December 11, 2016, to May 15, 2017, and began and ended at Amarkantak, the origin of the Narmada river in Anuppur district, [1] after traveling around Madhya Pradesh.
Mera Yuva Bharat (): मेरा युवा भारत) is an autonomous body set up by Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India catering to the youth of India, and serving as an overarching enabling mechanism powered by technology for youth development and youth-led development by providing them equitable access to opportunities.