{"id":5915,"date":"2019-05-05T12:15:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T06:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/?p=5915"},"modified":"2019-05-05T12:15:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T06:45:36","slug":"i-will-live-and-die-in-padayatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/i-will-live-and-die-in-padayatra\/","title":{"rendered":"I WILL LIVE AND DIE IN PADAYATRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Yashovardhana dasa, from All-India Padayatra<\/p>\n<p>I am a forty-year-old padayatri from Bodwad, a village in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. After getting initiated I joined ISKCON Pandharpur as a full-time devotee, and when I got deity backup seva in the temple I started serving Sri Sri Radha-Pandharinatha. My spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja, told me to join padayatra when it comes to Pandharpur.<\/p>\n<p>Then in 2009 the All-India Padayatra came to Pandharpur dhama. I had heard a lot about the glories of Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundara and the oxen, how the ratha is moving non-stop all over India since 1984, making multiple rounds of India and taking darsana of chara dhama. From Pandharpur I joined and to date I am walking in padayatra. I have completed one round of India and started a second. I could only have had darshan of chara dhama and many pilgrimage places due to padayatra.<\/p>\n<p>I drive the rath and also serve our oxen who I like, as they are fortunate souls serving Their Lordships. While distributing books I feel Srila Prabhupada is showering his mercy upon me. I love Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundara. Even if I am sent home I will not go. I will live and die in padayatra.<\/p>\n<p>By the mercy of Their Lordships I am fit and fine, with no health issues. Once Prabhupada came in my dream saying, \u201cDistribute my books.\u201d So, I love book distribution, especially Bhagavad-gita, the Song of God. My being in padayatra pleases Srila Prabhupada.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5915 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\/2019\/05\/Yashovardhan-Dasa-distributing-prasadam.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\/2019\/05\/Yashovardhan-Dasa-distributing-prasadam-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5916\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5916'>\n\t\t\t\tYashovardhan Dasa distributing prasadam\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\/2019\/05\/Yashovardhan-dasa-with-Krishna.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\/2019\/05\/Yashovardhan-dasa-with-Krishna-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5917\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5917'>\n\t\t\t\tYashovardhan dasa with Krishna\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\/2019\/05\/Yashovardhan-dasa-with-Nandakishor.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\/2019\/05\/Yashovardhan-dasa-with-Nandakishor-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5918\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5918'>\n\t\t\t\tYashovardhan dasa with Nandakishor\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\/2019\/05\/Yashovardhan-dasa-with-Vitthala.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\/2019\/05\/Yashovardhan-dasa-with-Vitthala-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5919\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5919'>\n\t\t\t\tYashovardhan dasa with Vitthala\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\/2019\/05\/Yashovardhan-dasa.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\/2019\/05\/Yashovardhan-dasa-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5920\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5920'>\n\t\t\t\tYashovardhan dasa\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Yashovardhana dasa, from All-India Padayatra I am a forty-year-old padayatri from Bodwad, a village in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. After getting initiated I joined ISKCON Pandharpur as a full-time devotee, and when I got deity backup seva in the temple I started serving Sri Sri Radha-Pandharinatha. My spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja, told me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5915"}],"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=5915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}