By Ritudvipa Gaurachandra dasa, Uttar Pradesh Padayatra leader On the occasion of Annada ekadashi padayatra arrived at Kalpi, a historical city on the banks of the river Yamuna in Jalaun district. It’s a location of importance as it is the birthplace of Srila Vyasadev, the writer of the Mahabharata and Puranas. After some rest we went for darshan of […]

  By Ritudvipa Gaurachandra dasa, Uttar Pradesh Padayatra leader On August 26, 2022, the padayatris faced a small accident, but everything was fine by the mercy of Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundar.  We had been staying at a villager’s home in Usar Gaon in Jalaun district. His family members helped us a lot. We had a nice […]

8By Ritudvipa Gaurachandra dasa, Uttar Pradesh Padayatra leader The Uttar Pradesh Padayatra reached Pukhrayan, a town 65km southwest of Kanpur in the Kanpur Dehat district, almost two weeks before Janmashtami. The padayatris were invited to stay at the home of devotee Shri Anil Gupta, a padayatra well-wisher. I had been looking for a suitable place to celebrate Janmashtami […]

By Dhirnayak dasa, Utkal-Banga Padayatra leader The Utkal-Banga Padayatra reached Sheragada village, a former market town in the Ganjam district of Odisha, a few days before Janmashtami, parking our chariot in front of the Jagannath temple. The padayatris fasted on Janmashtami and during the day were busy with preparations of fifty-six bhoga and decorating the chariot with fruits […]

By Damodarlila dasa, Maharashtra Padayatra leader The Maharashtra Padayatra reached Latur on August 11, 2022, where a grand welcome was waiting for us. The Latur devotees offered garlands to Srila Prabhupada and all the padayatris. The next day was Balaram Jayanti. We celebrated the birth of Balaram with the Latur devotees and then only seven […]

  By Acarya dasa, All India Padayatra leader The padayatris have come to Noida temple after ten years. When we were in Badrinath, our spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja, asked us what padayatra’s route would be from now onwards. I said we would go to Noida for the Janmashtami celebration. Maharaja was very happy and said, […]

  By Acarya dasa, All India Padayatra leader The All India padayatris started their char dhama yatra from Haridwar on May 10, 2022 We had darshan of Har ki Pauri at Haridwar and Sapta rishi ghat and, of course, had a holy dip in mother Ganges. We then moved towards Rishikesh and after a journey […]

  By Acarya dasa, All India Padayatra leader Moving on from Kedarnath the next destination on the padayatris’ char dham yatra was Yamunotri dham which we reached on June 13, 2022. Yamunotri, also Jamnotri, is the source of the river Yamuna and the westernmost shrine in the Garhwal Himalayas. At an elevation of 3293m it is surrounded […]

By Acarya dasa, All India Padayatra leader Following a three-day stay at Badrikashram dham our padayatra party continued on our char dham yatra, arriving at Kedarnath dham on June 8, 2022. The road was very dangerous, the actual road so broken a temporary one had been made that was difficult to negotiate on a tractor […]

By Acarya dasa, All India Padayatra leader The padayatris departed Badrikashram dhama at the beginning of June, walking towards Kedarnath dhama, Yamunotri dhama and the last destination of our char dhama yatra, Gangotri dhama, which we reached on June 18. Gangotri, a small nagar panchayat (municipality) at 3100m, is a Hindu pilgrimage town on the […]