RADHASTAMI & THE ALL INDIA PADAYATRA’s BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED IN THANJAVUR, TAMIL NADU
By Acarya Dasa The Great Living Chola Temples The ‘All India Padayatra’ was in Thanjavur during this Radhastami celebration. Thanjavur, also known as Tanjore, is a city located in Tamil…
BOLIVIA’S FIRST EVER PADAYATRA
By Nayana Manjari Dasi The highest capital city in the world On September 18th we celebrated ISKCON’s 50th anniversary with the first of the two padayatra we had planned. It…
CZECH REPUBLIC 2016: DOUBLE IT, DOUBLE IT AGAIN, AND KEEP ON INCREASING …
by Muni Priya Dasa Getting congregation members to sponsor books The story of this year’s Czech Padayatra began in autumn 2015 when we were thinking how to best celebrate the…
VISITING SRI PANDURANGAM TEMPLE IN THANJAVUR, TAMIL NADU
By Acarya Dasa On September 12th our Padayatra India party arrived in the city of Thanjavur, formerly known as Tanjore, in the Thanjavur district. This city is an important center…
THREE DAY PADAYATRA IN SLOVAKIA
By Yasomati Dasi Our oxcart padayatra took place in and around Kosice, the biggest city in eastern Slovakia. It was held for three days (August 27 to 29) with many…
PADAYATRA SWEDEN 2016: DESTINATION GOTLAND
By Chandrabhaga Dasi Getting a team together Gotland is one of Sweden’s largest islands with a population of 57, 221. So we decided to hold a padayatra there from July…
OUR FOUR MONTH 2016 PADAYATRA IN RUSSIA
By Narada Dasa Earlier this year we featured an article announcing that a 3-month long padayatra would take place in Russia to spread the holy names but we did it…
MAYAPUR AND JAGANNATH PURI MANIFESTS IN AYYAMPETTAI, TAMIL NADU
By Acarya Dasa Our padayatra party reached Ayyampettai, a panchayat town on September 17th. This town is located in the Thanjavur district, in the state of Tamil Nadu and is…
The All India Padayatra Celebrated Janmastami In Srirangam
By Acarya Dasa On August 25th we traveled to Srirangam also known as Rangakshetra, in South India. Srirangam is an island surrounded by the Kaveri River on one side and…
The Walking Monk Diaries: From Butler, Pennsylvania to Seward, Nebraska (Center of America)
Born in 1952 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, Bhaktimarga Swami (formerly John Peter Vis) adopted the monastic lifestyle of the Hare Krishna order in 1973. Globally known for his “Canwalk” marathons,…