ISKON will take folding rath

5 July, Kolkata: Folding chariot of the ISKON will be taken through the street of Siliguri by the devotees to avoid any obstacle from overhead wire. Rathyatra will be celebrated on 13 July.
Ten feet chariot out of 25 feet is folding so peak of the rath would not hit any overhead wire. The ISKON authorities have also decided not to take three chariots as the road space is very narrow. Lord Jagannatha, Balaram and Subhadra will travel in the same rath, it was learnt. ISKON will also distribute prasad in paper made packet instead of plastic bag in view of the banning of the plastic bag in the Siliguri. ISKON has been celebrating the rathyatra through 20 years and last year the organization distributed 20,000 packets and this year they will distribute 30,000 packets among the devotees.