Raebareli residents warm to padayatris at Gaura-purnima
By Ritudvipa Gaurachandra dasa, Uttar Pradesh Padayatra leader We padayatris celebrated the Gaura-purnima festival 2023 at a park in Raebareli, an agricultural trade centre on the banks of the Sai…
Gujarati devotees honour Ramanavami with one-day padayatra
By Muralimohan dasa Devotees in central Gujarat celebrated Sri Ramanavami Mahotsava on March 30 by holding a one-day padayatra at Kherali village, 4km south of Surendra Nagar. The local people…
Padayatra’s glories should be spread far and wide
Svetadvipa dasa, Mauritian padayatri I am very much indebted to padayatra. I was in the All India Padayatra for seven years so basically, I am a padayatri and have lived…
Students bring Lezim dance to Alibag’s one-day padayatra
By Sadbhuja Gauranga dasa ISKCON Alibag’s Nama-hatta centre devotees recently held a one-day padayatra in Zirad village about 15km from Alibag. Everyone assembled at Zirad’s Siddhi Vinayak temple, where padayatra…
All India Padayatra celebrates Gaura-purnima at Ujjain’s ISKCON temple
By Acarya dasa, All India Padayatra leader We padayatris reached Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh in mid-February shortly before the annual Maha Shivratri festival. ISKCON’s Radha-Madanmohan temple devotees welcomed us with…
My experiences in Utkal-Banga Padayatra
By Jagannath Puri dasa, Brahmacari I am from Mahipur village, about 30km south of Balangir city in western Odisha. I joined ISKCON Bhubaneswar in 2006 and got initiated in 2012…
Utkal-Banga padayatris celebrate Gaura-purnima at Nuapada centre
By Dhirnayak dasa, Utkala-Banga Padayatra leader At the beginning of March 2023, the Utkala-Banga padayatris celebrated their second Gaura-purnima festival, this time at the Nuapada Nama-hatta preaching centre in Odisha.…
Maharashtra’s newest ISKCON centre holds one-day padayatra
By Rasikgaura dasa (ISKCON Shirasgaon centre leader) On January 29 the ISKCON Shirasgaon centre congregation devotees held a one-day padayatra. Located in central-western Maharashtra, the centre has been operating for…
Padayatris are reviving Krishna consciousness in schoolchildren
By Kalanath Krishna dasa, Utkala-Banga padayatri On January 11, the Utkala-Banga Padayatra stayed at a Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, one India’s largest private networks of schools, in Utkela village in…
Parbhani gurukul hosts padayatris’ Gaura-purnima celebration
By Damodarlila dasa, Maharashtra Padayatra leader The padayatris celebrated this year’s Gaura-purnima festival at Parbhani, one of the largest cities in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region. For twenty days we were at…