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'Come along and enjoy the atmosphere - it's for everyone'

This weekend Leicester will see celebrations for the Hare Krishna Festival of Rathayatra.

This year is the 30th anniversary of the vibrant and colourful 'Festival of Chariots' and the procession in Leicester will be one of the biggest in the midlands.

The procession will be travelling from the Hare Krishna Temple in Granby Street to Cossington Park in Belgrave this Sunday just before 12noon.

Nima Suchak from ISKCON - International Society of Krishna Consciousness - tells Aminata Kamara all about this year's celebrations, and of the festival's religious significance.

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