Help feed devotees during Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra from July 16-24

Every year, the sacred Jagannath Rath Yatra draws millions to witness Lord Jagannath's chariot procession. Among them are thousands of elderly and other devotees who travel from remote villages, carrying little beyond their faith. What they don't carry is food.

The Yatra stretches across hours, often through heavy monsoon rain. Pilgrims stand for long periods, pressed into crowds, waiting for a glimpse of the deities. Many have no money left for a meal after the cost of travel.

Pure Devotion Foundation (PDF) stands in this gap.

Through its Yatra meal programme, the PDF serves warm, simple meals to devotees at points along the pilgrimage route, food handed over with the same reverence the devotees bring to their prayers. 

For many of these devotees, this meal is the only one they will eat that day. 

The need grows every year, as the crowds do. Volunteers on the ground report the same scene repeatedly: elderly men and women, drenched from the rain, sitting on the roadside because they can no longer stand — some too proud to ask for help, some too weak to. 

PDF prepares meals in bulk, transports to the route, and serves fresh through the duration of the Yatra, regardless of rain, crowd density, or logistical hurdles.

You can be the reason a devotee doesn't go hungry this Yatra season.

A contribution, however modest, helps Pure Devotion Foundation prepare and serve one more meal, reach one more devotee.

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This Rath Yatra, help ensure that faith isn't met with hunger. Donate today, and let no devotee go without a meal on their sacred journey.