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First day:\u00a0 September 9th<\/sup> <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>On the first day we installed the Sri Sri Gaura Nitai on Their simhasana and offered Them bhoga and arati.\u00a0 Saccidanand Prabhu led the kirtana and with a joyful heart all the devotees started dancing as the procession was proceeding. Our team consisted of temple devotees, congregation members and \u2018ISKCON Youth Forum\u2019 students who all participated with great enthusiasm. We covered 12 kms and reached the village of Narsanda. After taking a\u00a0 little rest we did harinama\u00a0 and invited all the villagers for Gaura Arati and pravachan. When the harinama party returned to our camp so many villagers had joined our procession. At the end of the program we distributed khichari prasadam to all the villagers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second day : September 10th<\/sup> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>We started the day with mangala arati at 4:30 a.m. and left the village of Narsanda at \u00a06 a.m. Three hours later our team reached the village of Uttarsanda, where Sachinandana Dasa to give a wonderful morning class on the importance of harinama and padayatra. After the pravachan we all had breakfast and headed towards the city of Nadiad, having walked 12 kms.\u00a0\u00a0 Later that evening we performed harinama in the market and surrounding residential areas.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Third day: September 11th<\/sup> <\/strong><\/p>\n After walking 15 kilometres we reached the village of Selun. There we heard that Asit Krishna Maharaja would be joining us and would give the evening class. \u00a0He joined us for our harinam after which he gave a simple but delightful class \u2013everyone was very happy. Maharaja encouraged us very much on our mission and said that padayatra is a very important\u00a0 program for all of humanity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fourth day: September 12th<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0Realization session <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>It was a very hot day as we walked 14 kilometres to the village of Lingda, and all \u00a0the padayatris had become quite tired. As soon as we reached the village rain started and welcomed \u00a0Sri Sri Gaura Nitai with pleasing weather, much to everyone\u2019s relief. Like usual we performed harinama and Gaura arati.<\/p>\n During our walk everyone had started talking about how the next day would be, as it would be our last day on padayatra.\u00a0 We decided that we would hold \u00a0a small isthagosthi \u00a0that night to share our padayatra realizations. Everyone shared amazing insights. Two elderly matajis\u00a0 said that previously \u00a0they could not walk long distances but, now due to the mercy of Sri Gaura Nitai, they had completed the entire padayatara. \u00a0Another mataji recounted how she distributed Bhagavad-Gitas to three Muslims who promised her that they would read it daily. Another lady \u00a0said that she would never forget this wonderful experience. Afterwards we were all filled with feelings of separation and we decided to sing the \u2018Parama Karuna Pahui Dui Jana\u2019 (Sri GauraNityanandaDaya) bhajana written by Locana Dasa Thakura. We were all sitting in a small room of a primary school with just one low hanging light bulb and even though we could not physically see very well at that moment our internal vision \u00a0-the vision of our heart-, was clear.\u00a0 We all prayed together: \u2018Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundar, please accept us in Your eternal sankirtana yatra\u2013we are not interested in doing any other yatra if You are not present.\u2019<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fifth and last day: September 13th<\/strong><\/p>\n Early that morning, right after mangala arati, we started walking towards Dakor Dham so we could reach \u00a0on time to have darsana of Sri Ranchor \u00a0Rai during the raj bhoga arati. \u00a0At 9 am we arrived in Meethi Leemada, the place where Lord Dwarkadish had once stayed. It is said that there He touched the branch of a neem tree and \u00a0that that branch had become sweet due to the Lord\u2019s touch. We all know that neem is known for its bitter taste, but \u00a0the sweetness of the Lord is such that whoever \u00a0and whatever comes\u00a0 in contact with Him becomes \u00a0sweet. There we received\u00a0 the balya bhoga maha-prasadam of Lord Ranchor Rai; after honouring prasadam \u00a0we continued on our way ,enthusiastically performing sankirtana in the city till we reached the temple of Lord Ranchor Rai.\u00a0 When we reached the temple the \u2018Narasimha Sankirtana\u2019 party performed a special kirtana for the pleasure of the Lord. We also did a parikrama of the temple while chanting the holy names before taking darsana of Sri Ranchor Rai. Afterwards all the padayatris honoured the deities\u2019 raj bhoga maha-prasdam together.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Special Thanks<\/strong><\/p>\n We are all very thankful to Lokanath Swami, Asit Krishna Swami and Sachinandana Dasa\u00a0 for inspiring and guiding us. We would also like to thank the \u2018Narasimha Sankirtana\u2019 party comprising of Prayas Dasa, Yoga Narasimha Dasa, Partha Dasa and ShyamDasa for the wonderful kirtanas they performed at every village during every evening program. Last but not least we want to thank all the devotees who participated in this padayatra.<\/p>\n Sri Sri Gaura Nitai \u00a0ki \u00a0Jai!<\/p>\n World Holy Names Week ki Jai!<\/p>\n Sankirtana Padayatra\u00a0 ki \u00a0Jai!<\/p>\n Srila Prabhupada ki Jai!<\/p>\n
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