{"id":8046,"date":"2022-02-25T17:36:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/?p=8046"},"modified":"2022-02-25T17:36:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:06:13","slug":"utkala-banga-team-celebrate-world-holy-name-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/utkala-banga-team-celebrate-world-holy-name-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Utkala-Banga team celebrate World Holy Name Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dhirnayak Dasa, Bengal-Orissa Padayatra leader
\nThe inauguration of the Bengal-Orissa Padayatra was an offering to Srila Prabhupada on his 125th appearance day anniversary. It took place in September 2021 on the auspicious day of Radhastami and was also a part of the World Holy Name Week celebration. Sankirtan is the heart of padayatra; we padayatris do not move an inch without sankirtan. Padayatra in the true sense is spreading the glory of the holy name. The whole year, in fact each day, is a celebration for us.
\nNew place, new people, new adventures are always waiting for us. On Radhastami we performed sankirtan in Mayapur itself and the next day we headed towards the Rajapur Jagannath temple joined by many temple and congregation devotees. We had kirtan explosions at many places. Mayapur is a sankirtan land, so people happily joined and danced with us.
\nWe started from the Mayapur Chandrodaya mandir and moved ahead to Ganga nagar performing sankirtan. Our journey through the remainder of September 2021:
\nSeptember 14 Sridham Mayapur, which is part of Antardvipa. We celebrated Radhastami there asking Radharani to bless all of us to carry our service of padayatra perfectly.
\nSeptember 15 Rajapur Jagannath temple, Simantadvipa.
\nSeptember 16 Krishna nagar.
\nSeptember 17 Narasimhapalli. Lord Narasimha came here and washed his hands after killing Hiranakashipu. Mandakini River, Godrumdvipa.
\nSeptember 18 Bhaluka, Godrumdvipa.
\nSeptember 19 Mohisura, Koladvipa.
\nSeptember 20 Samudragarh, Samudrasen Raja, Ritudvipa.
\nSeptember 21 Nadaigaon.
\nSeptember 22 Dhatrigaon.
\nSeptember 23 Nakula Brahmachari Sripath, Ambika Kalna.
\nWherever we went people joined sankirtan, enthusiastically welcoming Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundar to their villages and towns. It was a great fortune to have Their Lordships in their villages.
\nBook distribution score: Small books 1426, Big books 17, Maha big books 88, Total books distributed 1531.<\/p>\n