{"id":3560,"date":"2016-12-23T17:44:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T12:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2016-12-23T17:44:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T12:14:50","slug":"ahmedabads-fourth-one-day-padayatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/ahmedabads-fourth-one-day-padayatra\/","title":{"rendered":"AHMEDABAD\u2019S FOURTH ONE-DAY PADAYATRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Muralimohan Dasa<\/p>\n<p>On November 27<sup>th<\/sup> we successfully completed one of ISKCON&#8217;s 4<sup>th<\/sup>, one-day <em>p<\/em><em>adayatra<\/em><em>s<\/em> for this year. \u00a0We started at 8.00 pm and walked for around 10 kilometers with Sri Sri Nimai Nitai deities and a Srila Prabhupada <em>murti<\/em>. There were 95 to 100 devotees who joined us in a roaring <em>kirtan<\/em><em>a<\/em> which was sustained throughout the walk.<\/p>\n<p>At 9.00 am that day, we all had breakfast <em>prasadam<\/em> in the village of Ambli, which is just across from the Bopal municipality and close to the Bopal Highway. It was here that we distributed most of the books. Afterwards, we set off again and after every four roads we took a10 minute stop to have ecstatic, loud <em>kirtan<\/em><em>a<\/em> lead by devotees such as Antaratma Dasa, Narada Muni Dasa, Sanata Gauranga Dasa and Akhanda Krishna Dasa. During the <em>kirtanas <\/em>large crowds gathered and chanted with us with raised hands. The <em>padayatris <\/em>worked together to distribute <em>kichadi<\/em> <em>prasadam <\/em>and Srila Prabhupada&#8217;s books along the way. Altogether we distributed 64 Bhagavad-gitas and many small books. We ended the <em>padayatra<\/em> at 13.00 pm at one of the congregation devotee&#8217;s farm houses.<\/p>\n<p>In order to hold successful <em>padayatras <\/em>we created a team of 20 devotees who offered their help for every walk. I am very thankful to all those devotees who are serving <em>p<\/em><em>adayatra <\/em>in so many ways.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a brief list of some of the devotees who offered their support and services:<\/p>\n<p>Book Distributers: Jai Panchali Dasi, Sadanandi Dasi, Vamsibihari Dasa,<br \/>\nBhakta Paresh Rana and Bhakta Bhavesh Joshi<br \/>\nPrasadam Team: \u00a0Madhavamohini Dasi, Harimurari Dasa and Padmaradha<br \/>\nDasi and a few new devotees.<br \/>\nFinancial Assistance Team: Bhakta Ramchandra Kanan, Bhakta Sunil Gupta and Bhata Sonu Singh who contributes funds for book distribution so, that, Srila Prabhuapada\u2019s books can easily reach people at a lesser price.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3560 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC04895-ed.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" 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