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The 2016 Padayatra Newsletter is very attractive and innovative<\/strong>. Lokanath Swami liked it so much that he was thinking of printing an extra 1000 copies. Most were distributed here is Mayapur during the ILS (ISKCON Leadership Sanga) and the festival.\u00a0 It is not feasible to mail one to every temple, but I tried to make sure that most\u00a0temples got one, provided I met representatives from that country. In any case\u00a0 you can download this issue, and previous ones,\u00a0 from the padayatra website (padayatra.com). Besides \u00a0padayatra news, how to 50ize your padayatra and many special stories, there are also \u00a0articles about the art of walking and teh best shoes to wear, the different kinds of walks you can do (Every temple can easily do a week-end padayatra), \u00a0photos of dozens of carts and palenquins, a padayatra survey for the public, a padayatra poster for children to color, \u00a0and articles about ecology and respecting the environnement.\u00a0 All very practical and down to earth information\u00a0!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The count down till December 31st, 2016\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Padayatra Worldwide Ministry \u00a0has pledged to organise at least 50 padayatras \u00a0from Gaura Purnima 2014 to the end of 2016. To this day 27 padayatras have been done,\u00a0 14 are planned and 9 remain to be organized. Please look at the attached detailed list. We are counting on all of you to help us reach the goal, which should be very easy with a week-end padayatra and combining World Holy Name Week with padayatra. You can even organise\u00a0 a One Day Padayatra, as they are doing in Detroit.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Opportunity to get useful feedback while\u00a0 doing the padayatra survey<\/strong><\/p>\n As you\u2019ll see in the 2016 Padayatra newsletter, the Czech devotees had very positive responses while doing the padayatra survey.\u00a0\u00a0 Feedback and introspection are always beneficial, collectively and individually.\u00a0 So, don\u2019t miss this opportunity to do this survery, whether or not you organize a padayatra (you can do this survey on harinama)\u00a0: read the guidelines,\u00a0 translate the survey, and adapt it if necessary, make photocopies, approach the public, and get plenty of favorable contacts as a bonus.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lokanath Swami and I are now\u00a0 finalizing the Padayatra Stories book<\/strong>, which will be printed\u00a0 by the end of July 2016. Please pray that we can reach our goal. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll all be inspired to read this book, which is the continuation of the Caitanya \u2013caritamrita. Maybe you\u2019ll even \u00a0contribute your own stories\u00a0 for future similar books. All devotees\u00a0 love stories, especially when they involve Sri Sri Gaura Nitai and Srila Prabhupada, who are very much active in these padayatras.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Padayatra Ministry is eager to hear from all of you<\/strong><\/p>\n We will be glad to post your schedules, contacts, posters, articles, photos, films, etc on the Padayatra Website, and to print \u00a0your adventures on the 2017 Padayatra Newsletter. \u00a0The more devotees worldwide hear about your walk, the more they\u2019ll want to help and participate. That\u2019s why we need your schedules, contacts and itinerary NOW. Only 9 more months till the end of the year.\u00a0 \u00a0Remember that you can have more than one padayatra in your country, unless it\u2019s a regular \u00a0annual walk.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Best wishes for a joyful, fun and dynamic\u00a0 year 2016 in the service of\u00a0 Srila Prabhupada and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai\u00a0!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In\u00a0 the \u00ab\u00a050 padayatras\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0section of this website\u00a0 you\u00a0\u2018ll \u00a0find the following\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n – How to celebrate ISKCON 50the anniversary with padayatra<\/p>\n – Updated list of 50 padayatras<\/p>\n – Choose your padayatra (with guidelines for the Extended Week-end Padayatra)<\/p>\n – Basic padayatra report<\/p>\n – Article guideline<\/p>\n – Photo guideline<\/p>\n – Media sheet<\/p>\n – How to use the survey\u00a0?<\/p>\n – Padayatra Survey<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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