Jaya Jagannath,
(
Recap
of Rath Yatra 2008 )
Dear Trustees, Life
Members & Devotees of Lord Jagannath, with the world famous Rath
Yatra festival just a week away, we request each and every brothers
and sisters of Bangalore to come and join us as a divine volunteer.
Following is the checklist of tasks identified. Please join us and
let us make this festival a grand success. Sri Jagannath Temple
Bangalore invites you to attend Rath Yatra tasks follow up meeting
on Sunday the 14th june, 11 AM at temple premises. For any
communications or clarifications please call 9845265240, 9845760848,
9343481599, 9845126130, 9886153740
We Request all devotees :
To apply for leave on 24th June. Also Invite your friends and
colleagues to attend this mega celebration. Call them and also
remind them on that particular day to join you on Rath Yatra. Please
extensively use your Cell phone calls, SMSs and emails to invite
them for this grand festival.
Gather their favorite collection of bhajans especially related to
Rath Yatra, fire on a CD and put across to Sri Jagannath Temple. You
can have a CD for Singer special and another for all selected
Adhunika Bhajans.
Those who are good at photography, please get equipped with your
cameras / digicams / camcorders / to capture the best of the shots
of this festival.
Friends who so ever are good bhajan singers or proficient with
Nama Kirtan, please get yourself brushed up and join our Bhajan
kirtan mandali. On Rath Yatra day we can have few massive bhajan
kirtan equidistant clusters in front of the Chariot.
Rath Yatra Check list / Micro Planning
:
Route Identification for Chariot Procession / Permission /
Approvals from Traffic Department. ( Status : In Progress )
Prasad Sevan on Rath Yatra and Bahuda Yatra provisions /
arrangements. ( Discipline to be maintained - like in Shoe Stand,
queue discipline, wastage disposal, glass & water should be at
multiple places with proper drainage arrangements, etc...)
Invitation to chief guests ( Governor / CM / Cultural Minister /
Local MP / MLA / Other Karnataka ministers / Sri Madhu Pandit Das/
Ministers from Orissa / Any special religious speaker like Baba
Balia or Charan Ramdas ) - We shold Honour them by any kind of gift
/ flower bouquet.
Volunteer identification / arrangement / Volunteer position plan /
mock drill / practice.
Invitations to all thru Emails / Fixing banners / posters / other
advertisement campaign items. Rath Yatra invitation in Oriya.
Parking Plan image / identifying and planning and allocating
volunteers to manage parking that day.
Initiation and arrangement for Media ( Professional Photographer,
Press reporters, Etv or OTv coverage, News paper representative,
Kannada channel guys ).
Mausi maa temple arrangements ( Leveling the ground, provision for
excess Rain water drainage, Pathway, Stage, Floor carpeting, Rain
proof roofing, Electric and tent arrangements) - All arrangments to
be discussed for Dasavatar of Lords (when all three will be there at
Maausi maa temple) - like their dresses, prsadam, daily bhajan &
Kirtan etc...
Ghantua Arrangement ( Traditional Ghantuas are to be invited from
Puri ).
Arrangements for Tent house, Water tanker, Generator, electric
fittings, Light fitting.
Notice to BBMP to halt flyover construction work for around half
an hour when our Chariot will be passing thru their construction
site.
Call the carpenter maharana to be physically present along side
the chariot with all his tools and stuff to provide on road
maintenance and support.
First Aid Tool Box, Fire Extinguisher, Two or three sets of Car
Jack ( for dragging the chariot from Mud and also to keep it
straight in case a wheel breaks )
Arrange for a back up ambulance and first aid box for accidental
injuries. Last year we have mere escape instances. Lets be prepared
upfront this year. )
Chariot Log brake, foldable chariot top with Door latch, Ropes for
Chariot, Repainting of faded areas.
Jagannath Temple white washing, Painting the grills and gates. To
be planned for garden (Tulasi tress & flower tree) and to be
maintain these trees
Banners / Posters / wall papers / Leaflets / Emails and SMS from
service providers.
Invitation to all other communities / Spiritual bodies / Temples (
Jain Samaj, Gujurati Samaj, Haryana Bhaban, Marwadi Samaj, ISCON
Temple, Art of Living Ashram, Patanjali group, Sri Satya Sai Baba
Ashram )
Letter to local Police Station maintain Law and order, traffic and
crowd discipline, Electricity office ( Particularly instructing them
not to cut current on that day )
Invitation to Shankar Reddy / Other local big bodies to assist us
during Rath Yatra, to side way with Auto guys, to deal with any
disturbances from local people.
Separate Rath Yatra 2009 accounts Register for Rath Yatra ( to
maintain Income / Expenditure / Vouchers / Receipt details, Payments
on what all heads, Sponsorship details )
Receipt book / coupon reprinting ( If Required )
To make a list of what all puja items required for Rath Yatra.
Internal finishing of temple hall / Trimming of trees / Repairing
gates / cleaning up and mending temple surroundings ( to ensure rain
water wont lodge their ), Covering of open drain near temple main
gate.
Buying an Inverter and a heavy duty bicycle for the temple ( I (
siba ) will sponsor these for the temple just guide me with
technical specifications for Inverter as per requirements of a full
scale temple )
All Temple Trustees / Office bearers / Sevayats / devotees are
requested to please put on traditional dhoti and patta on Rath Yatra
day. Requesting everyone to contribute a bit for Rath yatra
expenditure.
We have to arrange / invite sponsorship for Jagamohana Ghanta,
Sankha, Mrudanga, Musical instruments, Tahia Preparation, Charamala
Preparation and Chariot decoration.
Venders and Sellers to be arranged on the left side of the temple
towards Hanuman Temple side.
Arrangements for Multipoint Donation desk both at Sri Jagannath
temple and Mausi Maa temple to help donors not stand in queues.
Raja Parba: Celebrating the Monsoon arrival
:
Raja, the swing festival celebrated during the last day of the solar
month of Jaishtha of Orissa. Boys and girls take to the swing and
sing the typical Raja songs, Singing, merry-making, feasting and
display of gymnastic feats and games. The swings are of different
varieties, such as 'Ram Doli', 'Charki Doli', 'Pata Doli', 'Dandi
Doli' etc. Songs specially meant for the festival speak of love,
affection, respect, social behaviour and everything of social order
that comes to the minds of the singers. From the fourth day the
traditional ploughing is started in the paddy fields.
Culinary Delights : The special variety of cake prepared out of
recipes like rice-powder, molasses, coconut, camphor, ghee etc. goes
in the name of "Poda Pitha".
On the Occasion of Pabitra Raja Parba, Team Nilachakra wishes you a
fun filled festive season.
Regards
Team Nilachakra
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