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The
holy day of Kartik Purnima is celebrated every year in Kolkata
by a Sobha Yatra of Bhagwan Parshwanath. This tradition is
continue since last 190 years in Kolkata. This Sobha Yatra is famous
in West Bengal by Bhagwan Parasnath Sobha Yatra and organised every
year on the day of Kartik Purnima. Hundreds and thousands of Jain men and women
from all parts of India assembles here to see this famous Sobha
Yatra. This Sobha Yatra starts from Bara Mandir and ends at
Parswanath Digambar Jain Mandir at Belgachia.
This Sobha Yatra is organised by Shri Digambar Jain Rath
Yathra Commetee under Shri Digambar Jain Mandir Kolkata.
Bhagavan
Paraswanath Procession
Bhagavan
Parswanath Rathyatra means taking the resplendent image of the Lord
in a procession, in a chariot along the main roads of the city
or town so that all people might have a darshan of the
Bhagavan's radiant face. The Rathyatra is accompanied by a band (of
musicians and players on various instruments) and by thousands of
devotees, and by the fourfold society of Jains. It is a
procession of sublime radiance. In Kolkata procession are taken
out from Bara Mandir to Belgarchia Parswanath digambar jain temple.
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