Three-day sankirtan at Rajkot buoyed by local passion
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader Padayatra reached the large and colorful Gujarati city of Rajkot on February 5, 2021. Rajkot ISKCON temple president Sriman Vaishnavseva dasa, a disciple of…
The Lord visits His beloved devotee
By Damodarleela dasa, Maharashtra Padayatra leader On January 25, 2021, padayatra reached Kaneri, a village in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. Our senior God-brother, Brajkishor dasa, has been performing sankirtan…
Good news: Padayatra Nepal gets under way
By Dayal Gopal dasa, Nepal sankirtan preacher Padayatra in Nepal began on January 19, 2021. In a recent ISKCON Leadership Sangha (ILS-2020) our spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja, instructed Nepal regional…
Jalgaon’s fifth one-day walk provides relief from pandemic
By ISKCON Jalgaon president Paramatma dasa and Sarang Thakur dasa On January 26, 2021, the ISKCON devotees in Jalgaon in north-west Maharashtra held their fifth one-day padayatra. The date selected…
Villagers extend a warm welcome alongside Marathi devotion
By Damodarleela dasa, Maharashtra Padayatra leader Padayatra reached Bastavade village in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district on January 21. When we went for advance party to the village the previous day the…
Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundar lead and give strength to padayatris
By Damodarleela dasa, Maharashtra Padayatra leader Srila Prabhupada expressed his desire, “We can introduce many millions of such carts all over the world,” and keeping that in mind our spiritual…
Visit to the Muchukunda Cave recalls Lord Krishna’s relief of Dwarka
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader On December 8, 2020, the All-India padayatris reached the Gujarati city of Junagadh, located at the foot of the Girnar hills. We were welcomed…
All India Padayatra invites Gita students and villagers to Govardhan-puja festivities
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader On November 15, 2020, Govardhan-puja day, padayatra was in Lodhva in Gujarat’s Junagadh district, the village of Bhakti Vikas Maharaja disciple Prabhu Krupa dasa.…
Raichur devotees walk to the Kallur Mahalaxmi of Karnataka temple
By Jaytirtha dasa, On January 3, 2021, the ISKCON devotees in Raichur, Karnataka, held their third one-day padayatra, the first padayatra in Raichur for three years. I was feeling morose…
Spectacular celebration farewells padayatris as history repeats itself
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader January 6, 2021, marked the start of the All-India Padayatra’s seventh chapter of its grand march around India, including the char dham yatra. Leaving…