By Jayabhadra Devi Dasi (IGF preacher and padayatra coordinator)
On March 18, 2026, a padayatra was inaugurated by the auspicious hands of Lokanath Maharaja in Sisupalgarh, a neighborhood in the south of Bhubaneswar in Odisha. The padayatra will cover three districts: Khurda, Puri and Jagatsinghpur.
There is already one Utkal Padayatra preaching in Odisha under the leadership of Dhiranayak Dasa, and this second padayatra will complement it. Haribol.
The new padayatra currently consists of five padayatris headed by Trivikram Pandit Dasa, the leader of the ISKCON Sisupalgarh center.
Maharaja came to Odisha for the inauguration of the ISKCON Bhadrak temple before which he visited the Sisupalgarh center, blessed all the devotees there and inaugurated the padayatra. The president of the ISKCON Bhubaneswar temple, Satwatapati Dasa, addressed the assembly giving details about the new padayatra, which everyone was very happy to hear about.
Would all the Vaishnavas please bless the padayatra that it can move ahead and preach without any obstacles.
Padayatra ki jai.
Srila Prabhupada ki jai.
