The 19th Annual Seremban Ratha Yatra took off at 10AM from the Sri Balathandayuthapani temple, Jalan Tan Sri Manickavasagam, Lobak with about 200 devotees on a bright Sunday morning on 13 December.

Colours at Festival	Youth group eagerly waiting for HH Janananda Goswami
Officially opened	Tulasi Corner	Ekadasi Corner

HH Janananda Maharaj joined the festival at 10.30AM with a team of bramacharies. It was procession full of colours with children carrying Jagannatha banners and Ratha Yatra balloons. Since it was Sunday morning there were lots of onlookers beside markets and shops mostly Chinese people and who got the mercy of Jagannatha Darshan and received sweet prasadam packets. Many of them ran towards the front of the cart and showed their respects to Lord Jagannatha and the devotees.

Ther chariot also stopped en route main Seremban town road in front of the Gurudwara and Catholic Churce. Many of the Catholics also paid respect to Lord Jagannatha and accepted prasadam. When at the Bala Thandayuthapani temple, HH Janananda Goswami Maharaj took the kirtan party inside the temple followed by devotees. The temple chief priest offered respects and worship to Lord Jagannatha and was happy with the devotees gesture to stop and chant at the temple.

At about 12 noon the chariot procession came to an end at the the Sri Mahamariamman  temple, Bukit Tembok (Railways). HH Janananda Goswami Maharaj delivered his Ratha Yatra address and class on Lord Jagannatha and especially touched on the coming 500th Anniversary celebrations of Lord Caitanya taking sanyasa and asked that all ISKCON centres in Malaysia observe it grandly as much as possible.

Immediately after the Ratha Yatra class Maharaj was ushered to a small but attractive Tulasi and Ekadasi exhibition hut specially put up by the youths of ISKCON Seremban. It was a wonderful way to promote Tulasi worship. They had nice articles on Tulasi worship and care. The Youths also offered pots of Tulasi plant for those interested to worship and care for her.