Padayatris join Beed temple anniversary celebrations
By Damodarlila dasa, Maharashtra Padayatra leader The Maharashtra Padayatra reached Beed, a city in central Maharashtra, on February 2, 2022. As we arrived at the outskirts of the city, we…
Padayatris have darshan of Lord Nilamadhava at Kantilo
By Dhirnayak dasa, Utkala-Banga Padayatra leader The Bengal-Orissa Padayatra reached the town of Kantilo, about 100km west of Bhubaneswar, on February 8, 2022. There is a Sri Nilamadhava temple in…
Padayatris stay at Bhubaneswar’s Sri Krishna-Balaram temple
By Dhirnayak dasa, Utkala-Banga Padayatra leader Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha, is an important place. In 1975, Srila Prabhupada instructed Gour Govinda Swami to build a temple in Bhubaneswar.…
Utkala-Banga team celebrate World Holy Name Week
By Dhirnayak Dasa, Bengal-Orissa Padayatra leader The inauguration of the Bengal-Orissa Padayatra was an offering to Srila Prabhupada on his 125th appearance day anniversary. It took place in September 2021…
Gurugram devotees distribute spiritual literature from bullock cart
Ramabhadra dasa, ISKCON Gurugram temple president By the blessings and inspiration of Lokanath Maharaja, ISKCON’s pioneer of padayatra preaching, on December 24, 2021, eight devotees from Gurugram, a New Delhi…
One-day event heightens devotional mood in Bori village
By Yadav dasa, Congregation preacher pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi-grāma sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma It was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s prediction that everywhere on Earth, His name will be preached. In the…
Our experience with the Utkala-Banga Padayatra
Madhavi Kumari devi dasi, Bhubaneswar My husband Sundar Govind dasa and I recently joined the Utkala-Banga Padayatra for four days. Our spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja, always says, “Each one should…
Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundar welcome devotees to Vrindavan dhama
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…
All India Padayatra’s ox Vitthala leaves his body at Bhaktivedanta goshala
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…
Noida to Vrindavana – A 18 Days Padayatra by ISKCON Noida
By Radhakunda Dasa ISKCON Noida has organized a 18 days padayatra under the leadership of temple president Vamsidhar Dasa. It began on October 3rd from ISKCON Noida temple and is…