By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader During the recent second coronavirus lockdown we stayed at the temple of a five-headed Lord Shiva deity about 5km from the Gujarati village of Bharkawada. A devotee named Ananda, who is connected to ISKCON youth forum Vidyanagar, desired that padayatra should stop in his village but the sarpanch refused, […]

By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader The Indian government extension of the country’s second Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown has determined that the All-India Padayatra will currently remain in Bharkawada where the padayatris recently celebrated Ramanavmi. Fortunately, we are still staying at the Panchmukhi mahadev temple on the outskirts of the village and are still doing our […]

By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader The All-India Padayatra reached Bharkawada village, about 140km north of Ahmedabad, on April 20, 2021. We stayed at the large Panchmukhi mahadev temple on the outskirts of the village, temple trustee Bharat Bhai having made arrangements for our accommodation, and celebrated Ramanavmi there. Lord Rama is a renowned incarnation […]

By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader On March 26, 2021, the All-India Padayatra reached Kathwada village in Gujarat, situated alongside Ahmedabad’s Sardar Patel Ring Road about 15km east of the city. Kathwada is the location of the large ISKCON Kathwada Farm temple and goshala, the first ISKCON temple in which the cow is worshipped along […]

By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader On April 18, 2021, the All-India Padayatra reached Bindu-sarovara at the historic town of Siddhpur on the banks of the Sarasvati River in northern Gujarat. Siddhpur, also known as Sri-sthal, or a pious place, is mentioned in the Rig Veda. And in the Mahabharata, it is told that the […]

By Acarya Dasa (All India Padayatra Leader) 1. We will distribute 125 sets of Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita. 2. Perform abhishek of Srila Prabhupada with water from 125 holy places. 3. We will distribute 125 Srimad Bhagavatam Sets. 4. We will distribute 125 laminated big photos of Srila Prabhupada to new devotees. 5. We Will perform […]

By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader The All-India Padayatra has been on the road for thirty-six years – big time. Wherever padayatra goes, it implants the seeds of bhakti in people’s hearts. Some people become devotees by darshan of Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundar, some by reading Srila Prabhupada’s books, some by seeing the purity and love […]

By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader Kaliya, our four-legged padayatri, has a swelling at the base of his right horn. We took him to a veterinary clinic where it was diagnosed as cancer. Kaliya urgently requires an operation to remove the horn or the cancer will spread to his brain. When we were in Jasdan […]

By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader Taking a detour from our route padayatra reached Jasdan, a municipality town in the Rajkot district, the home of Mahavishnu Maharaja disciple Ganshyam dasa. When Ganshyam and his wife had darshan of Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundar in Belgaon, Maharashtra, he prayed to Their Lordships for blessings so that he could become a good […]

By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader In mid-February padayatra reached Sardhar village in Gujarat, about 30km south-east of Rajkot. Sardhar has a huge Swami Narayan temple known as Sardhar dham, the management of which graciously provided us with very nice accommodation as well as groceries to cook bhoga for our Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundar. Many students […]