Toronto Chariot Fest 2025

The Festival of India Toronto has become Chariot Fest and includes a Grand Chariot Procession leading down Yonge Street on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The 53rd annual weekend festival (July 12-13) celebrates Indian culture and the festivities continue on the Toronto Islands. The parade was led by a large dragon and two horse mounted police officers.

From the Chariot Fest website, "Witness the awe-inspiring spectacle of the Grand Chariot Procession, the centerpiece of the Ratha-Yatra festival. Elaborately decorated chariots carrying the deities of Lord Jagannath, Baladeva, and Subhadra are pulled through the streets by enthusiastic spiritual seekers."

The three floats in the parade are 40-feet tall and are collapsible so that they can go under overhead lines and are pulled by volunteers while people dance, drum and sing all along the route.

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