Bulgaria - ISKCON Sofia
Welcome to the ISKCON Sofia in Bulgaria. ISKCON exists in Bulgaria since almost two decades. It follows the same standard programs and activities as it does worldwide. Among them are the book-distribution, congregational chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra, festivals, like Ratha Yatra (hold in Bulgaria since 1996), weekly gatherings and spiritual programs for the congregation and new comers.
Ratha Yatra festival is the biggest festival organized by the Bulgarian branch of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
The first Rathayatra parade in Bulgaria was organized in 1996, the centennial year of the birth of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The Bulgarian Rathayatra festival was the first in the Balkans. Ananda Chaitanya Dasa carved the deities of Jagannatha, Baladeva, and Subhadra. Sasa Bindhu Dasa, an art-college graduate, painted them to match the deities in Zurich. Nicki, who studied architecture, designed the chariot according to the scriptural specifications. And an elder wheel wright in the village of Manolovomade the chariot in three months, with Nicki and Indrasena Dasa helping him.
Rathayatra has now been held every summer in Sofiafor eleven consecutive years. After riding through the main streets, Jagannatha, Baladeva, and Subhadra finally stop at a pleasant small park, full of venerable trees that generously shade the deities and devotees after the procession under the hot summer sun. The festival site takes on the mood of a garden party. The program includes traditional devotional songs and dances and a talk on Vedic wisdom. Hundreds of plates with prasadam are distributed to guests and passers-by.
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