By Murali Vadhana Govinda Dasa A small padayatra was held in Malaysia on August 14th. It was organized by ISKCON Teluk (Mayapur Baru) and commemorated ‘World Holy Name Week’ and ISKCON’s 50th anniversary. Srila Prabhupada visited the town of Teluk Intan located in the Hilir Perak district of Malaysia in 1970. He also visited […]
By Padmanabha Dasa On August 9th at 11am devotees gathered at the Lenasia Civic Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Srila Prabhupada had met the people of Lenasia 41 years ago at this very center. This marked the first padayatra held in the province, and commemorated ISKON’s 50th anniversary as well as ‘National Women’s Day’. […]
By Yasodadulal Dasa Note: Earlier this year we featured an article about Yasodadulal Dasa, a 60 year old travelling preacher who, since July of 2015. has been traversing New Zealand first with a horse and cart and then by foot for a few months In this article Yasodadulal Dasa gives a detailed and moving […]
By: Acarya Dasa Extinguishing the blazing fire of material existence ‘World Holy Name Week’ is a festival held by devotees worldwide to commemorate Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the West. Devotees celebrate it by chanting and distributing the holy names to everyone. It helps us remember that it is by the causeless mercy of Srila […]
By Dayalu Radha Dasi On Saturday July 23rd, only one week after a 3 day padayatra in the island of La Reunion, another group of devotees headed by Rama Gopal Dasa and his wife Radhika Dasi organised another padayatra in honour of ISKCON’s 50th anniversary. This one took place in the city of Saint Paul […]
By Sundar Gopal Dasa From the 1st to the 5th August, a team of French devotees, headed by Devarshi Dasa and myself organized a padayatra around the New Mayapur farm in honor of ISKCON’s 50th anniversary celebration. The theme of our padayatra was ‘Walk for Peace’. The first four days a group of about 20 […]
By Narasimha Tirtha Dasa La Reunion Island is located southwest of Mauritius and forms part of a region of France. The La Reunion padayatra lasted a total of three days and traveled through the towns of Saint Pierre and Saint Louis located in the southern part of the island. The organizers were myself, Narasimha Tirtha […]
By Acarya Dasa On July 31st padayatra camped on the outskirts of the Manalmedu Village, 10 kilometers away from Karrur. There was an old age home nearby where many disabled, diseased and elderly people lived. We thought because they could not walk to come see us that we would go to them. So, we went […]
By Bhagavata Dharma Dasa The Slovenia padayatra was held from June 28th to July 15th. The 18 day itinerary followed a course all around Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Slovenia is a small country yet it is full of diverse people and has a variety of cultures. During the summer many people from all over […]
By Radha Raman Dasa After Janananda Maharaj’s wonderful kirtana at the end of the 3rd day of padayatra I returned to my home in Eastbourne due to my poor health. I was unable to join the padayatra for the next few days and was only able to return on the fifth and final day. The […]