{"id":4291,"date":"2017-09-28T17:42:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T12:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/?p=4291"},"modified":"2017-09-28T17:42:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T12:12:37","slug":"india-padayatra-graced-presence-bhakti-vinod-maharaj-kasaragod-kerala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/india-padayatra-graced-presence-bhakti-vinod-maharaj-kasaragod-kerala\/","title":{"rendered":"ALL INDIA PADAYATRA GRACED BY THE PRESENCE OF BHAKTI VINOD MAHARAJ | KASARAGOD, KERALA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Acarya Dasa<\/p>\n<p>On September 8<sup>th<\/sup> our party was in Kasaragod, a municipal town in the Kasaragod district. It was a very special day for us because Bhakti Vinod Maharaj decided to join us on p\u0101da-y\u0101tr\u0101 for two days to give us his blessings. Maharaj gave the \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam class in the morning and also joined us on sa\u1e45k\u012brtana. His enthusiasm inspired us and when he sang the Holy Names, he sang with all his heart. Every day at 7:30 p.m. after sa\u1e45k\u012brtana, we had Gaura \u0100rati in a major square of the town or village so the public could participate in the program as well. After the \u0100rati, Maharaj gave a class on Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 emphasizing its great importance which inspired many people to purchase a Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 afterward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A wonderful experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The next day Maharaj walked with us as we preached in various areas in Kasaragod. He said, \u201cI like to be on p\u0101da-y\u0101tr\u0101, it\u2019s a wonderful experience.\u201d Maharaj spoke with Lokanath Maharaj who was very happy that he joined the p\u0101da-y\u0101tr\u0101. Bhakti Vinod Maharaj asked us to visit Trivendram again and to stay there for a few days, but our route had already been planned and our next destinations decided. After two days Maharaj left, but before leaving he said, \u201cI will keep coming to p\u0101da-y\u0101tr\u0101\u2019 and he blessed us to carry on with our mission with full enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4291 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\/2017\/09\/Blessing_the_bull-ed.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Blessing_the_bull-ed-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4292\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4292'>\n\t\t\t\tBhakti Vinod Maharaj blessing the bulls\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><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\/2017\/09\/Getting_Maharajis_blessings-ed.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Getting_Maharajis_blessings-ed-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4293\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4293'>\n\t\t\t\tPadayatris receiving blessings from Maharaj\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><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\/2017\/09\/Getting_ready_for_book_distribution-ed.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Getting_ready_for_book_distribution-ed-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4294\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4294'>\n\t\t\t\tGetting ready for book distribution \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HH_Bhakti_Vinod_Maharaj_giving_class.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HH_Bhakti_Vinod_Maharaj_giving_class-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4295\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4295'>\n\t\t\t\tBhakti Vinod Maharaj giving class\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Maharaj_in_Sankirtan\u3000ed.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Maharaj_in_Sankirtan\u3000ed-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4296\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4296'>\n\t\t\t\tBhakti Vinod Maharaj leading kirtana \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><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\/2017\/09\/Padayatris_with_Maharaj-ed.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Padayatris_with_Maharaj-ed-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4297\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4297'>\n\t\t\t\tPadayatris with Maharaj \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sri_Sri_Nitai_Guarsundar-ed-1.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sri_Sri_Nitai_Guarsundar-ed-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4298\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4298'>\n\t\t\t\tSri Sri Nitai Gaurasundar \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Acarya Dasa On September 8th our party was in Kasaragod, a municipal town in the Kasaragod district. It was a very special day for us because Bhakti Vinod Maharaj decided to join us on p\u0101da-y\u0101tr\u0101 for two days to give us his blessings. Maharaj gave the \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam class in the morning and also joined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291"}],"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=4291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}