{"id":2579,"date":"2016-07-12T06:47:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T01:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2016-07-12T07:08:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T01:38:47","slug":"50-padayatras-gaura-purnima-2014-end-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/50-padayatras-gaura-purnima-2014-end-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"50 PADAYATRAS  &#8211; FROM GAURA PURNIMA  2014 TO THE END OF 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Date: July 3, 2016<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As you\u2019ll see below the pledge of the Padayatra Worldwide Ministry to organise at least 50 padayatras before the end of 2016 in order to celebrate ISKCON\u2019s fiftieth birthday will be fulfilled very soon. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Padayatras on the road all year long:<\/u><\/strong><strong> \u00a0<\/strong>2<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1-\u00a0 Padayatra India: \u00a0<\/strong>on the road since Sept 1984; \u00a0led by Acarya Dasa since September 2009<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2- Andhra Pradesh\/Telangana\u00a0 <\/strong>(India): on the road since the end of 2012; \u00a0led by Visnuswami Dasa<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Annual \u00a0padayatras: <\/u><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>11<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a01- Odisha (India) :<\/strong> ISKCON Bhubaneswar\u2019s \u00a0annual walk since 1992<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2-\u00a0\u00a0 Tukarama Dindi from Dehu to Pandharpur via Pune <\/strong>(Maharashtra, India):<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>an annual 18 day 250 km walk organised since 1996 by ISKCON Pune<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a03-\u00a0 Aravade Dindi\u00a0 from Aravade to\u00a0 Pandharpur <\/strong>(Maharashtra, India): an annual \u00a07 day 110km walk organised since 2001 by\u00a0 ISKCON Aravade<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a04- Solapur Dindi from\u00a0 Solapur \u00a0to\u00a0 Pandharpur <\/strong>(Maharashtra, India):<strong> \u00a0<\/strong>an annual 4\u00a0 day 70km walk organised since\u00a0 2006\u00a0 by\u00a0 ISKCON Solapur<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5- Vraja Mandala Padayatra : <\/strong>Organised every year in Vrindavana by Parasurama Dasa during the month of Karttik.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6-\u00a0 Czech Republic :\u00a0 <\/strong>annual walk started by Rajaram Dasa in 1993, now led by Munipriya Dasa and his son Nrishma Caitanya Dasa since 2007<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7-\u00a0 Slovenia : <\/strong>annual walk since 2001, led by Lalita Govinda Dasa since 2002<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8- Mauritius:\u00a0 <\/strong>annual walk since 1984, now led by Ayodyanatha Dasa<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9- Guyana:\u00a0 <\/strong>annual walk organised \u00a0by \u00a0ISKCON Georgetown<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10- South Africa: <\/strong>annual\u00a0 padayatra near Durban; organised by\u00a0 Bhakta Vinod, his wife Sadhana Shakti Devi Dasi and team \u00a0since 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11- Lithuania: <\/strong>annual Padayatra\/Ratha-yatra; organised since 1995, led byAnanda Gaurangi Devi Dasi\u00a0 since 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Padayatras done\u00a0 since Gaura Purnima 2014: <\/u><\/strong>\u00a018<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1- Maharashtra\u00a0 Dindi<\/strong> (Spring 2014\u00a0)\u00a0:a 64 day <em>dindi<\/em> from\u00a0 Kolhapur to Nasik to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Lord Caitanya\u2019s travels through Maharashtra, India\u00a0; organised by ISKCON temples and preaching centers in Maharashtra<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2- Tamil Nadu (India)<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>\u00a0a 2 week padayatra organised in April 2014\u00a0 by Prasanna Shyam Dasa and team<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3- Canada: <\/strong>\u00a0Fourth solo trek across Canada (May 24 to June 29, 2014) \u00a0by Bhaktimarga Swami<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4- New Zealand: \u00a0<\/strong>Since February 2014\u00a0 four short padayatras led by Yasodulal Dasa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5- Russia: <\/strong>\u00a0June to September 2014 and summer 2015 padayatras <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>organised by Narada Dasa<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6- Suriname:<\/strong> \u00a0July 7, 2014 padayatra organised by Govinda Madhava Syam Dasa and team<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>7- France:\u00a0 <\/strong>July 2015: Solo 190 km walk by Devarshi Dasa, from Angers to New Mayapur<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>8- New Zealand: <\/strong>\u00a0In July 2015 Yasodadulal Dasa embarked on a one year solo padayatra with a wagon pulled by a horse. A few months ago he let the wagon behind and leads a real sadhu life, totally depending on Krsna. <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9- Hungary:<\/strong> September 2015 (one week) by Bhakta Peter<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10- Bhaktimarga Swami: <\/strong>September 20 to November 10, 2015, he <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>walked \u00a0962 miles\u00a0 (1548 kms) from\u00a0 Boston to New York to Butler, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11- Gujarat <\/strong>(Ahmedabad): the one day trial walk (November 29<sup>th) <\/sup>was followed by the\u00a0 \u00ab\u00a0Week Walking Festival\u00a0\u00bb (WWF) in January 2016. Organised by Murali Mohan Dasa<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12- Goa: <\/strong>\u00a0Nov 27 to\u00a0 Dec 3, 2015: one week walk <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>from Dudhsagar to \u00a0Miramar Beach (77 Kms)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>13- <\/strong><strong>Tamil Nadu<\/strong>, from Sri Rangam\u00a0 to Kumbakonaman (February 2015) . Organised by\u00a0 \u00a0Prasanna Shyam Dasa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>14- Zambia,<\/strong> Easter week-end March 2016; organised by Jaya Govinda Dasa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>15- Detroit : <\/strong>May 14<sup>th<\/sup>2016 : 5<sup>h<\/sup> annual walk across the city, organised by Jambavan Dasa and ISKCON Detroit<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>16- England: <\/strong>May 30th- June 3rd,\u00a0 from Hastings to Brighton (South). <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>organised by Parasurama Dasa and\u00a0 Dayal Mora Dasa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>17<\/strong><strong>&#8211; Russia\u00a0: <\/strong>May 12 to August 15, organised by Narada Dasa. Walk in the Ural region, the Central region, and then South Russia. After Moscow there will be bullock cart padayatra through some villages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>18- USA, <\/strong>New York to San Francisco, by Bhaktimarga Swami : started May 11<sup>th<\/sup> 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Planned and already organised:<\/u><\/strong><strong> 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1-Sweden: <\/strong>July 1 to 8; organised \u00a0by Chandrabhaga Dasi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2- Iceland: <\/strong>July 28 to August 5; organised by Chandrabhaga Dasi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3-\u00a0 La R\u00e9union <\/strong>\u00a0(Island near Mauritius in the Indian Ocean): \u00a0July 16, 17 and 23; organised by Nrsimha Tirtha Dasa and team<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4- <strong>France<\/strong> (near New Mayapur farm): August 1 to 5; organised by Sundar Gopal Dasa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5<\/strong><strong>&#8211; Poland, <\/strong>7 to 10 days oxcart\u00a0 padayatra organised by Mitra Hari Dasa and Ananga Manjari Dasi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6- South Africa (<\/strong>around Johannesburg)<strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0 September 2016\u00a0 , planned by Nama Hatta group headed by Padmanabha Dasa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>7-\u00a0 Tamil Nadu (Kanya Kumari)<\/strong>: October 7<sup>th<\/sup> to 9<sup>th<\/sup>,\u00a0 organised by\u00a0 Vikrama Govinda Dasa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Planned<\/u><\/strong><strong> : 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1- ISKCON Noida : <\/strong>planned by Krsna Bhakta Dasa and team.<\/p>\n<p>October 2016: walk from Noida\/Delhi to Vrindavan,\u00a0 with the\u00a0 arrival\u00a0 coinciding\u00a0\u00a0 with the beginning of the Vraja-mandala Parikrama.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2- South Africa: \u00a0<\/strong>2 week\u00a0 padayatra near Port Elizabeth,\u00a0 planned\u00a0 by Svetadvipa Dasa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3- Mayapur to Kolkata: <\/strong>planned by Istadeva Dasa and Mayapur devotees<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4- Bolivia: <\/strong>planned by <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Nayana Manjari Dasi and friends<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5- Mangalore <\/strong>(Karnataka): planned by Mangalore congregational devotees<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6- Manipal to Udupi <\/strong>(Karnataka): planned by Bhakta Kishan and local devotees<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7- Vallab Vidyanagar\u00a0 to Dakor <\/strong>(Gujarat): planned by ISKCON Vallab Vidyanagar<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8- Karnataka: <\/strong>\u00a0planned by Giridhari Shyam Dasa and Dauji Balaram Dasa<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Total<\/u><\/strong><u>\u00a0 <\/u><strong>( July 3, 2016):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Padayatras on the road all year long\u00a0 (in India)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 2<\/p>\n<p>Annual \u00a0padayatras (5 in India) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 11<\/p>\n<p>Padayatras done\u00a0 since Gaura Purnima 2014 (5 in India) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 18<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total done \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a031<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Planned and already organised \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 7<\/p>\n<p>Planned \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a08<\/p>\n<p>Remaining to be done \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total in India <\/strong>(done and planned) <strong>: <\/strong>18<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NB<\/strong>: Please note that the <u>system to count\u00a0 the padayatras<\/u> is different from the time of Srila Prabhupada Centennial\u00a0 when we counted the number of countries done. This time, each different \u00a0padayatra\u00a0 in the same country is counted as one, unless\u00a0 it is a continuous or an annual walk. This\u00a0 system allows us to honor the various <em>\u00a0<\/em>padayatras\u00a0 taking place in India and other large countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: July 3, 2016 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As you\u2019ll see below the pledge of the Padayatra Worldwide Ministry to organise at least 50 padayatras before the end of 2016 in order to celebrate ISKCON\u2019s fiftieth birthday will be fulfilled very soon. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Padayatras on the road all year long: \u00a02 \u00a0 1-\u00a0 Padayatra India: \u00a0on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}