June 2013: This is Gauranga Mahaprabhu’s prediction, \u00a0which padayatris in India \u00a0have been \u00a0walking for the past 29 years to fulfill. \u00a0Padayatra India has already completed five tours of the country, \u00a0starting from Dvaraka, visiting Badrinath, Jagganath Puri and Ramesvaram. On April 16th, \u00a02011 it started its 6th tour. There are now 25 devotees, many from different countries, walking on padayatra. There are 6 oxen and a tractor \u00a0pulling two \u00a0trolleys for kitchen’s utensils, bhoga, books and devotees’ luggage. Since its beginning in September \u00a01984 \u00a0Padayatra India has travelled more than 150 000 kms.<\/p>\n
At 4:30 am devotees attend mangal arati, Nrsimha arati and tulasi puja, and then chant their japa till 7:15 am. It is \u00a0followed by darshan arati and guru puja. After that we pack our luggage and put it \u00a0in the trolley. We then start our day’s journey distributing books along the way to all kinds of audiences. We walk through villages and towns and average 12 to 15 kms every day. \u00a0Morning prasadam \u00a0is transported on the tractor to \u00a0the devotees on the road, \u00a0 and we \u00a0make a halt to take \u00a0it. \u00a0We reach our next destination by 2:30 pm. We stay in \u00a0schools, temples, dharmasalas and sometimes in peoples’ homes. In this way, padayatra is very enjoyable.<\/p>\n
ananyas cintayanto mam But to those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My transcendental form- to them I carry what they lack and preserve what they have. (BG 9.22)<\/p>\n On Padayatra we have practical experience of the contents of this sloka.<\/p>\n Every day we see new \u00a0landscapes and meet new people- \u00a0 most \u00a0of them are very pious and helpful. As soon as padayatra reaches one \u00a0village all the people \u00a0gather, they are amazed to see these huge bulls with their majestic horns and the all-enchanting Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundar. Many \u00a0times people take Srila Prabhupad’s murti to be real, and \u00a0ask, ” Doesn’t Swamiji get down to take his meals or move around?”<\/p>\n The devotees take their noon bath at wells or under hand pumps. People flood us with questions about ISKCON and our lifestyle. We hold our daily evening harinam and Gaura arati in the village followed by a short lecture and prasadam for everyone. Devotees go to bed by 9:30 pm.<\/p>\n Most of the time our ratha, tractor and trolleys stay on the road side while devotees sleep under a tree or in an open temple compound. By Krishna’s mercy \u00a0we never faced any theft issues, but one incident occurred which I am sharing here.<\/p>\n Book scores for Padayatra India: April to June 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundar Ki Jai! Prithivite ache jata nagari gram, sarvatra prachar hoibe mora nam. June 2013: This is Gauranga Mahaprabhu’s prediction, \u00a0which padayatris in India \u00a0have been \u00a0walking for the past 29 years to fulfill. \u00a0Padayatra India has already completed five tours of the country, \u00a0starting from Dvaraka, visiting Badrinath, Jagganath Puri and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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\/81"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padayatra.com\/padayatra-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nye janah paryupasate
\ntesam nityabhiyuktanam
\nyoga-ksemam vahamy aham<\/em><\/p>\n\n
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\nEvening lecture to village children<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/pyi-june-2013_02.jpg\")
\nWelcoming Bhakta Suresh \u00a0back on the party<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/pyi-june-2013_03.jpg\")
\nDriving the cart with Balaram the ox in the picture (left)<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/pyi-june-2013_05.jpg\")
\nDriving the cart<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/pyi-june-2013_04.jpg\")
\nWith some sadhus where Bharat met Lord Rama<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"