The yatra is being organised along with the VHP unit in the United States, and in total, will cover over a thousand temples in North America
Toronto: The Canadian chapter of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will undertake an ambitious rath yatra, traversing over 151 Hindu temples in the country and covering nearly 13,000 kilometres, to mark the consecration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya earlier this year.
The journey will begin from the Vishnu Mandir in Markham in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) on Monday and will encompass every province in the country over a period of nearly two months, VHP Canada’s general secretary Manish Puri said.
The yatra is being organised along with the VHP unit in the United States, and in total, will cover over a thousand temples in North America.
“The journey will offer an opportunity for all Hindus who have not been able to visit Ayodhya recently to experience the divine presence of Shri Ram Mandir across all major cities and mandirs in North America,” Puri said, adding that the objective will also be to “spread the values of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (The World is One Family), integral to the Hindu religion, and share messages of Shri Ram Bhakti – inclusion, diversity, and pluralism.”
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