{"id":2250,"date":"2015-12-12T02:19:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T20:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/?p=2250"},"modified":"2015-12-13T02:20:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T20:50:11","slug":"one-day-trial-padayatra-near-ahmedabad-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/one-day-trial-padayatra-near-ahmedabad-gujarat\/","title":{"rendered":"One day trial padayatra near Ahmedabad, Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Murlimohan Dasa<\/p>\n

On Sunday November 29th we started our trial padayatra<\/em> from Samrat Nagar (located in Isanpur, 14 kms from the Ahmedabad ISKCON temple) at 8.15am, right after breakfast, to the sound of kirtana<\/em>. We installed my home Deities of Nimai-Nitai on Their asana<\/em>, just like we do on the Vraja Mandala Parikrama, taking them on our head, and someone carried Srila Prabhupada’s murti<\/em> in their arms. They were leading all of us. In case some devotees wanted to join the party later on, the day before we had sent details of the route to all those who had confirmed they would attend the padayatra. We walked from Samrat Nagar, through Isanpur, Ghodasar, Jashoda Chokdi, CTM, Rabari Colony, Ring Road Ramji Mandir,.Odhav Circle , all the way to our Kathawada Hare Krishna farm.<\/p>\n

All together we were more than 108 devotees, 118 including children. We did not just walk and chant along the route, we also did sankirtana <\/em>and devotees distributed Bhagavad-gitas door to door.<\/p>\n

Some devotees also took a few bulk orders. We also visited the Rama Mandir near Ring Road: the trustees there took many books and ordered Bhagavad-gitas. We thus distributed more than 400 big books.<\/p>\n

As the devotees had to walk 17kms, some of them got tired, but there were refreshments on the way, mineral water and ice cream, and candies to give a little boost of energy. We reached our farm at 1.35pm where we had a fantastic final kirtana<\/em>, followed by hertfelt prayers to Lord Narasimhadeva.<\/p>\n

January15 to 19\u00a0: more padayatra during the \u00ab\u00a0Week Walking Festival\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join us all for our great padayatra, called the \u00ab\u00a0Week Walking Festival\u00a0\u00bb (WWF), that will take place from January 15 to 19, 2016. These dates have been chosen because Thursday the 14th (thursday) is uttarayan,<\/em>a holiday in Gujarat, and most people are on holiday till the following Sunday. We are planning to invite Lokanath Maharaja for the 18th and 19th. We are inviting devotees to join un on padayatra for these five days<\/p>\n

Acknowledgements\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cooks\u00a0: a group of devotees lead by Madhavmohini Dasi, Padmaradha Dasi and Harimurari Dasa
\nAll day prasadam <\/em>sponsor\u00a0: Bhakta Rajesh Shah and family
\nHarinama<\/em> leaders\u00a0: Naradamuni Dasa, Antaratma Dasa and their teams
\nManagement team\u00a0: Bhaktas Rajesh, Prakash and Dilip
\nBook distribution party leader\u00a0: Bhakta Rana Paresh and Neha Chauhan Dasi
\nPhotography\u00a0: Bhakta Krsna Dutta and Mohan Dasa
\nTransport Party (dropping devotees to their homes after Padayatra): many devotees
\nYasomatinandan Prabhu also graced the occasion by speaking for few minutes at the end and taking prasadam<\/em> with us.<\/p>\n