The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Members of the Hindu community across the country today celebrated one of their great religious festivals Rathajatra with due religious fervour and festivity.

Thousands of Hindu devotes gathered at select places and joined with full enthusiasm the ritual of pulling Chariots to celebrate the occasion. Old and young, male and female, boys and girls together joined the ritual amidst much fanfare.

The main Ratha Jatra programme in the capital was organised by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).

Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser on Fisheries and Livestock and vice president of Jatiya Hundu Kalyan Trust Manik Lal Samaddar inaugurated the Rathajatra at ISKCON temple at Swamibag.

Despite inclement weather, thousands of Hindu community members including females and children joined in pulling the raths (chariot) by long ropes through various city streets.

Many of the participants were seen attired in traditional Hindu costume and beat drums and played other musical instruments.