(Picture ratha jatra 2008 at Hindu
temple,
Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra Ratha Jatra Festival
Organized by Jagannath Organization for Global Awareness (JOGA)
at Hindu temple
11:00 AM, Saturday, June 23, 2012
Program contains Deity
Puja, Bhajans, Ratha Puja and Chariot pulling for one mile on
and Mahaprasad (lunch).
DIRECTIONS to the Hindu temple: From Beltway (I-495), take
The tentative budget for the Ratha remodeling project and festival expenses
is $5,000.00. JOGA has some seed money to start the construction.
However, we invite you all to contribute to ratha construction project. You can
choose any of the following sponsorship. The fund will be used for Ratha
construction and festival expenses only.
1. Taladhvaja sponsorship (In the name of Lord Balabhadra's Ratha at Puri) -
$300.00
2. Darpadalan sponsorship (In the name of Devi Subhadra's Ratha at
Puri) - $200.00
3. Nandighosa sponsorship (In the name of Lord Jagannath's Ratha at
Puri) - $100.00
4. Prasad sponsorship $150.00 (we are expecting 500+ people in the
festival)
5. Flower sponsorship $50.00
We
thanks the following devotees who volunteered to sponsor this year ratha jatra
function.
Naresh and Bigyani Das
- Taladhwaja Sponsor
Urmila Mohapatra - Taladhwaja Sponsor
Bandita and Nrusingha Mishra - Darpadalan Sponsorship
Bikram and Rupa Paul - Darpadalan Sponsorship
Hemant and Priti Biswal
- Nandighosa Sponsors
Joy Gopal and Sulochana Mohanty - Nandighosa Sponsors
Ram
Nayak - Nandighosa Sponsors
Abani
Pradhan and Debasmita Patra - Nandighosa Sponsors
Mausumi
and Sandeep Pattanaik - Nandighosa Sponsors
Ajay
and Neeta Mohanty - Nandighosa Sponsors
Anu
and Nilambar Biswal - Nandighosa Sponsors
Jhinu
and Santanu Chotray - Nandighosa Sponsors
Babru
and Jayshree Samal - Nandighosa Sponsors
Pradeep
and Susmita Behera - Nandighosa Sponsors
Anasuya
and Bijoy Dash - Nandighosa Sponsors
Manoj
Mishra and Snigdha Hota - Nandighosa Sponsors
Bandita
and Binod Nayak - Nandighosa Sponsors
Lalit
and Hema Behera - Nandighosa Sponsors
Gati
and Lali Tripathy - Nandighosa Sponsors
Bikash
and Dipti Mishra - Nandighosa Sponsors
Leena
and
Sudip
and Susmita Pattanaik - Nandighosa Sponsors
Dilip
and Sudhira Pattanaik - Nandighosa Sponsors
Baibaswata
Nayak and Purnima Panda - Nandighosa Sponsors
Prafulla and Sangeeta Nayak – Prasad Sponsorship
Devaraj and Urmila Sahu - Prasad Sponsorship
Pranati and Tapash Dash – Prasad sponsorship
Gyana and Sujata Bohidar – Prasad Sponsorship
Shashi Mohanty – Flower Sponsorship
Santosh Nayak and Rashmita Jena - Flower Sponsorship
Lalit and Hema Behera - Flower Sponsorship
Brahmapriya and Sikha Sen - Flower Sponsorship
Total pledged - $3805.00
If you would like to contribute for any of the above
sponsorship, please send the check in favor of "JOGA" to
You can also contribute electronically through credit card or paypal account using our donation page at: http://jogaworld.org/donation.htm
Every one is welcome to participate in this auspicious ratha construction and ratha jatra program. As you know, event like this needs a lot of involvement and financial contribution from all of you. Therefore we request all of you to contribute generously for this cause to make it a grand success.
May Lord Jagannath Bless You !
Jagannath Organization for Global Awareness (JOGA) is a non-profit tax exempt organization and hence your donation is tax deductible.
For further information please contact:
Pandit Pitambar Sharma 301 256 8052 Mr. Ram Agarwal 301-404-5258
Dr.
Dr. Naresh Das 410 531
7445
Mrs. Sulochana Patnaik 410 796 0608
Mr. Hemant Biswal 703 581
2925 Pandit
Shri Ram Sastri 301.445.2165