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This
is the day when Hindu god "Ramchandra" son of Lord
"Dasharath" born. All communities in Nagpur city
celebrate "Ramjanam" with joy and spirit of
brotherhood. Though it is religious festival of Hindu, but
nearly all community participate and show the sense of
togetherness. This can be envisaged by viewing "Rath
yatra". Rath yatra is the procession of God Shri
Ramchandraji from the "Ram Mandir" temple to major
part of city. Finally procession ends at the same location
from where it started.
"Rathyatra"
starts from "Ram Temple" (which is near main
Nagpur railway station) at about 3.00 p.m. and covers
Golibar Chowk , Itwari, Chitaraoli Chowk, Mahal, Sukrawari
Tank, Cotton Market, Lokhandi Pool, Sitabuldi and via
railway station road back to "Ram Temple".
Every
year Nagpur city celebrates "Ram Janam" with full
devotion, joy and spirit. Nearly 2,00,000 people gathers on
both sides of the streets to welcome "Ram Chandraji".
Procession starts with the youngsters on skating wearing
traditional dresses. Followed by the tribal dances and then
"Ramchandraji" on chariot. Just before chariot
young boys and girls march ahead of chariot, they were
wearing masks of different gods, like, "Ganesh",
"Hanuman" etc.
It
is followed by "Zanki". Trucks depicting the
ancient culture and religious scenes. |