Radha Krishna Rath yatra - 2075
Biratnagar, Nepal

Biratnagar is a metropolitan city in Nepal serves as capital city of province 1 having population of 242,548as per census 2011. It is the largest city in province 1. It is the headquarter of Morang district. 

Shri Krishna Janmasthami,  (the birthday of Lord Krishna) is a major festival celebrated in Biratnagar. Thousands of people gather on the second day of Krishna Ashtami for the holy chariot procession, which goes around the city, approximately 8 km (5.0 mi). This event is termed the Rath Yatra. 

It is the largest such procession in Nepal and the second largest in Asia.

 It is believed that the Rath was driven by Lord Krishna himself. So, a young child is placed in the chariot as a symbol of Krishna and is taken around the city with joy to celebrate Lord Krishna's birthday. Some people stay on top of the Rath to distribute prasad (holy offerings) to numerous devotees observing the holy procession. The Rath is followed by many smaller carts pulled by oxen. People in the smaller carts play music and sing hymns of joy and happiness.

Ratha yatra had been started about 56years ago when there not used to be this bigger procession. since then the number of poeple joining started growing up. and gradualy reached as much that it became the second largest in Asia.

COVID 19 HITS THE PROCESSION

Last year this great procession got to a halt due to the pandemic.

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