Nilachakra

Rath Yatra tasks follow up & celebration time : Raja Parba

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. Let’s 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 won’t 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