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 […]
By Dhirnayak dasa, Utkal-Banga Padayatra leader The Utkal-Banga Padayatra recently spent time in the picturesque Mahendragiri region of Odisha. Mahendragiri is a mountain in the Rayagada block of the Gajapati district. The hill is situated amongst the Eastern Ghats at an elevation of 1500m and spreads across the neighbouring Ganjam district. The area is […]
By Acarya dasa, All India Padayatra leader The All India Padayatra reached Shukratal village, about halfway between Haridwar and Delhi, on July 2, 2022. Shukratal is the auspicious place where Srila Sukadev Goswami recited the Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana) to Maharaja Pariksit 5000 years ago. The ancient, 50m-tall Akshay Vriksha (banyan tree) on the temple […]
By Acarya dasa, All India Padayatra leader The All India padayatris started their char dhama yatra from Haridwar on May 10, 2022, heading for Badrinath dhama via Joshimath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri, and lastly arriving at Gangotri on June 18. From Gangotri, we negotiated the steep downhill walk back to Haridwar and on June 20 returned to […]
By Acarya dasa (All India Padayatra leader) The All India padayatris started the char dhama yatra from Haridwar on May 10, 2022. We had darshan of Hari ki paudi at Haridwar and Sapta rishi ghat and, of course, a holy dip in mother Ganges. The next day we moved ahead from Rishikesh and after […]
By Acarya dasa, All India Padayatra leader Having been joined at Rishikesh on May 11, 2022, by padayatris from the Maharashtra, Utkala-Banga and Uttar Pradesh padayatras along with several congregation devotees, the All India Padayatra began its char dhama yatra and after a journey of twenty days reached Badrikashram dhama on May 30, the […]