Festival of Chariots
Monday, August 4, 2008 at 12:01AM
Fabian Lewkowicz in Celebrations , Religion


Raj Pardefhi, 27,  hand-pulls  three fully decorated, four-story chariots south on Main Street during the 32th Annual  Festival of Chariots on Sunday, August 3, 2008. The festival celebrates Lord Jagannatha, the Lord of the Universe, and is put on by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). The Festival of the Chariots is now performed in every country across the world and dates back 5 thousand  years to Jagannatha Puri, India.

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