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Yuriko Ikenoya – a Woman Warkari from Japan Participating in Pandarpur Yatra for 30 years

Warkaris are pilgrims that follow the Tukaram Maharaj Palkhi procession from Dehu and the Sant Dnyaneshwar palkhi from Alandi in Pune to Pandarpur. The warkaris walk more than 210 km to reach Pandarpur. The walk is for 21 days and the Pandarpur yatra is observed on Ashadi Ekadasi day. Yuriko Ikenoya from Japan has been participating in the Pandarpur Yatra for 30 years. She follows the Sant Dnyaneshwar Palkhi from Alandi. Mid-Day reports about Yuriko Ikenoya Draped in a simple, white sari and a laptop in hand, Yuriko Ikenoya, is any other sanyasi at the Dyaneshwar Samadhi Temple , but that she is a Japanese by birth. Speaking chaste Hindi, Yuriko, who is in her early 50s, reminisces about her 30 years at the Palkhi procession. It was the abhangas (rhymes) by Tukaram and Dnyaneshwar, the great Maharashtrian saint poets, that inspired Ikenoya's decision to spend a month with the Palkhi pilgrimage and also go on foot from Alandi to Pandharpur. Ikenoya a graduate in

Kasumba Chhath Festival Of Pushtimarg Sect

Kasumba Chhath is observed in the month of Ashada  Kasumba Chhath 2024 date is July  12. It is observed during the Shukla Paksha of Ashad month (June – July). The ritual associated with Kasumba Chat is observed mainly in Gujarat and Rajasthan by the Pushtimarg followers . It is held on the Shukla Paksha Chath or sixth day during the waxing phase of moon. Kasumba means red and the color in Pushtimarg is associated with love, attraction, beauty and happiness. It is a positive color. Shri Thakurji (Lord Krishna) is adorned with red color clothes on the day. Shri Gusaiji and Kasumba Chhath The day is also associated with the return of Shri Gusaiji, an ardent devotee of Shri Thakurji to his temple. Gusaiji (1516 - 1586) was the younger son of Shri Vallabhacharya and on of the greatest acharyas of Pushtimarg Sect. Shri Gusaiji was barred from Shrinathji's seva by the adikari of the Shrinathji temple - Krishnadasji. Shri Gusaiji left the temple understanding it must be Shrinathji's