by Asa-lata devi dasi This summer, we will hold our Annual Padayatra festival again, organised by the Hungarian devotees. As done in previous years, our Harinam group will visit the busiest holiday spots, and cities and villages around Lake Balaton and Lake Velencei. Some places we will visit include Székesfehérvár, Balatonfüred, Érd, Várpalota, Veszprém, Tata, […]
By bhakta Vojta Thanks to Lokanath Maharaja’s mercy we were able to finalize the whole route of the upcoming Czech Padayatra 2020. It will start on the 12th of July 2020 in Nove Mesto na Morave ; we will go through 6 cities and 6 villages, where we will perform our public cultural program. We’ll walk […]
By Damodarlila dasa, Maharashtra Padayatra leader Since the India-wide lockdown was announced in March 2020, the Maharashtra Padayatra has been under the shelter of the Sawantwadi ISKCON centre. The devotees here have been taking good care of us, especially temple president Vasusresta dasa. As we can’t leave the centre due to the lockdown, we have […]
by Narada dasa We have very inspiring news! Srila Lokanatha Swami Maharaja was the first to respond to the Gaura Vani Padayatra fund-raising. He is personally supporting our padayatra with a generous donation to buy a new van to transport our team in Russia and Europe. As a great Padayatra leader and the ISKCON Padayatra […]
Hare Krishna dear devotees! I hope that all of you are safe right now and happy in Krishna consciousness! By the kind mercy of Lokanath Swami, Padayatra Worldwide minister, the Ministry team and senior padayatris, we are happy to introduce all of you to the Gaura Vani Padayatra group. As all ISKCON padayatras it […]
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader We had been in the Gujarati onion production town of Mahuva for only a few days when on March 24 the Indian government announced the Covid-19 lockdown, whereupon we were forced to stop in a shade by an onion factory. It was dreadful to stay in an open shed […]
By Acarya dasa, Ritudeep dasa, Damodarleela dasa, and Radhavallabha dasa (respective padayatra leaders) All-India Padayatra Just as the AIP reached Mahuva, a large town on the Arabian Sea coast in the Bhavnagar District of Gujarat, the Indian Government announced a three-week lockdown to inhibit the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in the community. Initially, as people became […]
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader On February 7 the All-India Padayatra reached Vataman Chokdi, a village in Gujarat at a crossroads about 135km south of Ahmedabad. We had planned to celebrate Nityananda Trayodasi there and wanted to stay for the day, but there was a local yatra and the village sarpancha (political headman), Mr Dhirubhai, […]
By Muralimohan Dasa (ISKCON Ahmedabad) On Sunday 15 March 2020 we had conducted our 44th One Day Padayatra in the Gota area which is 12 kms away from our ISKCON temple. This time a week before, we had planned the theme to ‘Fight against Virus Corona’ by distributing “Harinama KARUNA”. Most of our congregation […]
By Jayabhadra-devi dasi By the inspiration of our spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja, on International Women’s Day last year Amravati’s ISKCON Girls’ Forum held the inaugural Vaishnavi padayatra. It proved to be a unique experience. Normally matajis remain restricted to cooking, garland making, or similar services, so coming together and organizing a padayatra was a […]