Raja Harsukh Rai - The Delhi Rath Yatra

The Delhi Rath Yatra

During most of the Mughal period, the Jains were prohibited from taking out a religious procession. In samvat 1867 (1810 CE), Harsukh Rai was able to obtain the permission of the emperor to have a Jain religious procession.

The Rath Yatra caused considerable resentment among the non-Jains and resulted in some disturbances.

In 1877 CE, after the 1857 Ghadar, the Jains (called Sarawagi in the records) again sought permission to take out a permission to take out a procession with:

"50 muscicians, one elephant carrying a banner, seven camels bearing flags, fifty palanquins, three chariots ..".

This was again opposed by other religious groups which warned about "riots, looting, murder" etc. Eventually the Jains were able to take out the procession, but only through side-streets.

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