Not possible to hold Rath Yatra on one date: ISKCON

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has told the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC) chairperson that it would 'not be possible' for it to conduct the Rath Yatra on one specific date across the globe.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

The SJTMC chairperson, Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, the titular king of Puri, had earlier written to ISKCON in September to celebrate Shree Jagannath’s ‘Snana yatra’ and Rath Yatra across the globe only on specific ‘tithi’ prescribed by sacred scriptures and tradition.

ISKCON has agreed to celebrate ‘Snana yatra’ on the prescribed tithi (Jyestha purnima) in all its temples in India and abroad, but did not agree with the decision of SJTMC to celebrate Rath Yatra in countries outside India on the tithi prescribed by scriptures.