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BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad
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Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj
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Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Aksharbrahman Gunatitanand Swami and Shri Gopalanand Swami
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Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Radha-Krishna Dev
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Devotees wait for Swamishri's darshan
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Devotees wait for Swamishri's darshan
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Devotees wait for Swamishri's darshan
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Harikrishna Maharaj arrives in a special chariot in celebration of the festival of Rathyatra
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Swamishri is welcomed by children dressed as dev-balaks
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Swamishri drives the remote-controlled chariot of Harikrishna Maharaj
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Swamishri is welcomed by children dressed as sadhus and playing dhols
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Swamishri drives the remote-controlled chariot of Harikrishna Maharaj accompanied by children
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Swamishri drives the remote-controlled chariot of Harikrishna Maharaj accompanied by children
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Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri driving the remote-controlled chariot of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj
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Swamishri drives the remote-controlled chariot of Harikrishna Maharaj
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Swamishri bids Jai Swaminarayan
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Swamishri bids Jai Swaminarayan to devotees
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Devotees doing darshan and waving the BAPS flag
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Swamishri doing darshan of Thakorji in the mandir
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Sadhus sing kirtans and play musical instruments while doing darshan of Swamishri
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Sadhus waiting for Swamishri's darshan in the mandir pradakshina
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Swamishri in a divine, jovial mood
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Swamishri in a divine, jovial mood
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Sadhus sing kirtans and play musical instruments while doing darshan of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Swamishri
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Sadhus sing kirtans and play musical instruments while doing darshan of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Swamishri
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Sadhus sing kirtans and play musical instruments while doing darshan of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Swamishri
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Swamishri drives the remote-controlled chariot of Harikrishna Maharaj in the mandir pradakshina
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Swamishri bids Jai Swaminarayan
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Swamishri bids Jai Swaminarayan
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Harikrishna Maharaj in a special chariot
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Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami performs pujan of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj
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Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami performs pujan of Swamishri
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Swamishri bids Jai Swaminarayan to sadhus and devotees
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Sadhus and devotees with the chariot, ready to conduct the rathyatra around the mandir
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Swamishri bids Jai Swaminarayan to sadhus and devotees
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Swamishri bids Jai Swaminarayan to sadhus and devotees
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Swamishri performs arti of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj
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Swamishri performs arti of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj
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Swamishri performs arti of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj
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Swamishri offers mantra pushpanjali to Shri Harikrishna Maharaj
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Swamishri offers mantra pushpanjali to Shri Harikrishna Maharaj
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Swamishri bids Jai Swaminarayan
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Swamishri is garlanded on this festive occasion
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Swamishri in a divine mood
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Swamishri in a divine, jovial mood
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Swamishri bids Jai Swaminarayan
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Swamishri in a divine, jovial mood
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Sadhus ready to begin the rathyatra by pulling God's chariot, with Shri Harikrishna Maharaj seated in it
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Swamishri waves a flag for the rathyatra to begin
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The rathyatra begins with joy and festivity
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Sadhus pull the chariot around the mandir
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Sadhus pull the chariot around the mandir
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Sadhus pull the chariot around the mandir
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The rathyatra pauses for Swamishri's darshan around the mandir
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The rathyatra pauses for Swamishri's darshan around the mandir
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Devotees joyously participate in the celebrations
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Swamishri bids Jai Swaminarayan to the participants of the rathyatra
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The rathyatra around the mandir, being graced by Swamishri
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Sadhus and devotees with the rathyatra around the mandir
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Youth add to the festivities with devotional folk music
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Youth and children add to the festivities with folk dances
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Children add to the festivities with kirtans
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BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad
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