ISKM Balasore is getting set to roll out the chariot of for the dusky darling Lord Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra on 1st July 2022. Here you can see the chariots are being constructed and painted before this big event. May Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhupada bless them in their endeavours.
Sri Kṛṣṇa may be seen in other Deity forms but the charming beauty of Jagannatha Swami is unique in that merely one glance frees one from all miseries and grants one perfection. In the Padma Purana, Narada Muni tells Prahlada, “Anyone who sees Lord Jagannatha will go to the abode of Visnu, te yānti bhavanaṁ viṣṇoḥ).
“A person who sees Jagannatha’s Ratha-yātrā festival and then stands up to receive Lord Jagannatha can purge all kinds of sinful results from his body” (Brahmāṇḍa Purāna).
“One who sees Lord Visnu, Sri Kṛṣṇa or Lord Jagannatha on His ratha will definitely get liberated and go to the spiritual world.” (Padma Purāna)
