Festival of Chandan Yatra

This article provides a detailed history of the Sri Candana-Yatra festival as celebrated in Sri Jagannatha Dhama, Puri, which is to be meditated upon with devotion. It is impossible for an ordinary individual to comprehend those pastimes. Similarly, understanding the glories of Sri Purusottama Dhama, where Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu concluded His earthly pastimes, can never be understood by common people. But there is no reason to get disappointed. One gets the actual benefit in all circumstances only by the power of transcendental remembrance.

Chandan Yatra Glories Spoken on Akshay Tritiya

Chandan Yatra of Jagannath Dev starts from the day of Akshay Tritiya and is celebrated for twenty-one days. This particular harikatha was spoken on the day of Akshay Tritiya and here Guru Maharaj describes about Chandan Yatra and explains the spiritual identities of the five Shiva who take part in the yatra along with Sri Madanmohan, the representative of Jagannath Dev. He also describes the advent of Jagannath Dev in brief.