By Acarya Dasa The All India Pāda-yātrā turns 34 Our pāda-yātrā party planned on leaving Nileshwaram on August 29th but Caitanya Rasamrita Dasa insisted we stay and celebrate Radhastami in his village. He also asked that we do a few preaching programs in other parts of the town. Radhastami is made more special because […]
By Acarya Dasa On August 28th we travelled to the village of Nileshwaram, also known as Nileshwar or Neeleswaram in the Kasaragod district of Kerala. Caitanya Rasamrita Dasa, president of ISKCON Kannur grew up in this village. Actually both he and his family first came into contact with devotees while living in a foreign country. […]
By Acarya Dasa On August 25th we finally left the Kannur district and arrived at Trikaripur also known as Elambachi, a village in the Kasaragod District of Kerala. We visited the ‘Chakrapani’ temple located about 3 kilometers south of Trikaripur on the Thankayam and Elambachi road. It was here that Gajendra the elephant was liberated […]
By Acarya Dasa Sri Subrahmanya Swami temple On August 22nd our pāda-yātrā party was in Payyanur, Kerala. Located in the Kannur District the town is situated on the banks of the river Perumba. The town has a ‘Sri Subrahmanya Swami’ temple believed to be constructed by Lord Parasurama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu Himself. There […]
By Acarya Dasa On August 8th we were in the Talab area of the city of Kannur. As usual we were performing saṅkīrtana wherever we went. On our way, we noticed a school up ahead where the students happened to be on break. The closer we got to the school the more children began to […]
By Acarya Dasa Our party was in Kannur, Kerala on Janmāṣṭamī eve. The city of Kannur also known as Cannanore is a municipal corporation in the district of Kannur. The devotees there urged us to celebrate Janmāṣṭamī with them and arranged our accommodation at the Kalyan Mandap hall. The ISKCON Centre was about 1.5 kilometers […]
By Acarya Dasa Divine intervention On July 25th our party reached the town of Koiladi, home to a large Annapurna temple. As we approached the town we heard that many people go to this temple, so we decided to go there and do saṅkīrtana. After saṅkīrtana we all began to distribute books when suddenly […]
By Acarya Dasa Our pāda-yātrā party reached Kannur city on August 7th. Kannur, also known as Cannanore, is located in the district of Kannur and is the administrative headquarters of the area. Nitai Gaurasundar calls Mr. Haradev from Muscat It had been raining for the past few days and getting accommodation was a little difficult […]
By Acarya Dasa Our pāda-yātrā traveled to Payyoli on July 26th. Payyoli is a town on the Malabar Coast in the Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala and is located in between the Quilandy taluk and Kozhikode. Chanting with school children Balaramsvarupa Dasa, a disciple of Jayapataka Maharaj got news of our party arriving […]
By Vishnu Swamy Dasa The last time we heard from the Telangana pāda-yātrā the devotees had left their chariot in the Khammam Sri Venkateswara Goshala. They then travelled to Mayapur Dham to attend the vyasa puja celebrations of Bhakti Vikas Swamy on May 20th. On May 28th we returned to Khammam, and after retrieving our […]