Ramkeshava Dasa, a disciple of Bhakti Vikash Swami had previously joined us on padayatra<\/em>. He served Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundar for a year and a half.\u00a0 He is now living in Salem and when we informed him that we would be coming to his city, he made all the arrangements for our arrival. Ramkeshava Dasa sent out messages to all the nearby villages and spread the glories of the Lord telling people to be ready to welcome Them. During our stay here he served on our advanced party team of devotees, going ahead to our next destination and preparing for the Lords arrival. He stayed with us for 15 days. When I spoke with him, Ramkeshava Dasa said, \u201cI am so happy to see Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundar after such a long time. I feel that They have actually come to give me darsana<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n Whilst here in Salem we were also happy to hear that the \u2018Tamil Nadu Padayatra\u2019 was here as well. It was a wonderful coincidence that two padayatra <\/em>parties were in the same city at the same time. Prasana Shyam Dasa started the \u2018Tamil Nadu Padayatra\u2019 after serving with us on the \u2018All India Padayatra\u2019 for three years. He was very inspired after his service with us and asked his spiritual master Bhakti Vikash Swami for permission to start a padayatra<\/em> in the state of Tamil Nadu. We were happy to be walking together with the Tamil Nadu padayatris <\/em>on the streets of Salem. After our programs, all the padayatris <\/em>would gather together and share realizations with one another \u2013inspiring each other to carry on this mission.<\/p>\n After we left Salem about 50 devotees walked with us to all the nearby villages. They would walk with us during the day and return to their homes in the evening. We had a very good experience in Salem with all of Bhakti Vikash Swami\u2019s disciples welcoming us and Their Lordships with all their hearts. The devotees here had such a tremendous mood of service. We, padayatris<\/em> felt like we had known them forever. We felt at home in the city of Salem. It was as though these devotees were just waiting to serve Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundar. All glories to Bhakti Vikash Swami who is the source of their inspiration and by whose mercy they are engaged in devotional service. We were also pleased to note that the devotees of Salem have their own padayatra<\/em> which they go on for two months every year. It was wonderful having two padayatra <\/em>parties in the same place, interacting with each other and sharing realizations. We distributed 8 sets of Bhagavatams whilst here in Salem.<\/p>\n Nitai Guarsundar ki!<\/p>\n Jai!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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