By Mayapurvasi dasa and Asim Gaura dasa Annually for the past thirty-five years the Vraja-mandala Parikrama in Kartika masa has been organized by our spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic the government did not permit the event in 2020, but by Radharani’s mercy the 2021 parikrama went ahead. The All-India […]
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader We padayatris were in Vraja-mandala parikrama from October 20 onwards while our Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundar’s chariot remained parked in the courtyard of the Sri Sri Krishna-Balaram temple. Our oxen were on vacation at the Bhaktivedanta goshala and having completed parikrama we were then staying in Vrindavan dhama. I […]
By Jayabhadra devi dasi, IGF preacher at ISKCON Amravati Padayatra is the best way to preach. It includes book and prasadam distribution and it also increases the enthusiasm of those who participate. By the mercy of our spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja, I am always meditating on how we can organize a padayatra in any village. […]
By Radhakunda dasa ISKCON Noida recently held its fifth eighteen-day padayatra to Vrindavan under the leadership of Noida temple president Vamsidhar dasa. The first padayatra was in 2016, ISKCON’s golden jubilee year, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic it had to be cancelled in 2020. However, by the mercy of our spiritual master, Lokanath […]
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader The All-India padayatris spent the month of Kartika on Vraja-mandala parikrama with the utsava deities of Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundar. Our chariot remained parked in ISKCON Vrindavan’s Krishna-Balaram temple courtyard where padayatra’s deities, Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundar, were served by two padayatris, Mayapurvasi dasa and Asim Gaura dasa. Our god-brother, […]
By Prahlad Maharaja dasa, Baddi preacher Devotees recently held a one-day padayatra in Baddi, a Himachal Pradesh industrial town renown as Asia’s biggest pharmaceuticals hub. In Baddi we have preaching programmes conducted under the guidance of ISKCON’s Chandigarh temple, just 35km away. By the mercy of my spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja, I was instructed to […]
By Muralimohan Dasa, preacher ISKCON Ahmedabad By the blessings of Guru-Gauranga and Senior Vaishnavas on 19th December 2021, Sunday we conducted One Day Padayatra with the support and attendance of more than 125 congregation devotees. For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada’s 125th Birth Anniversary we have completed visiting 125 villages through Padayatra and conducted a […]
By Dhirnayak dasa, Bengal-Orissa Padayatra leader Lokanath Maharaja visited the Bengal-Orissa Padayatra on October 17. We were at Mecheda in the Shahid Matangini community development block in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district, where we stayed at the village’s beautiful Jagannath temple. The padayatris got much encouragement from Maharaja’s visit. After we had welcomed him with […]
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader On October 24 our ox Kaliya left his body in Vrindavan dham. In March he had developed a swelling at the base of his left horn that was diagnosed as cancer. Following an operation to remove the horn he continued to serve in padayatra. Given his name by […]
By Damodarlila dasa, Maharashtra Padayatra leader Maharashtra Padayatra reached Karmala on September 12. As the auspicious day of Radhastami was approaching we were thinking where we might hold the celebration. We asked permission from many temples but were refused due to the pandemic. The next day we continued searching without success until finally at […]