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Rath Mahotsav

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Rath Mahotsava

The Chaitanya Charitamrita by Shri Krishna Das Kaviraj provides a vivid description of the operations management of Shri Gundicha Yatra during the times of Suryavamshi Gajapati Maharaj Shri Pratap Rudra Dev Routray & how Shri Chaitanya used to form as many as 07 teams for Sankirtan each lead by one of his devotees who had a nice voice & in the midst of this roar how Shri Chaitanya used to assume the form of a lion & loose his senses to utter ecstasy throughout the journey till the chariots reached Shri Gundicha. Some of the texts also indicate that he will not cross the River Malini by boat rather swim through it to reach the other side imaging the Malini as Yamuna Ji, as he felt that the Shri Gundicha Yatra was always return to Braj Mandal for the Shree Jeu’s.
Historically the Malini river, a tributary of River Bhargavi used to flow dissecting the current day Bada Danda (Grand Road) – 3.5kms stretch through which the Chariots are be pulled. The Chaitanya Charitamrita provides insight & acts as one of the literary evidences of the fact that how a total of 06 Chariots used to be constructed & to be used for the Shree Jeu’s on both sides of the river for ensuring the vigrahas would reach Shri Gundicha Temple.