by Vikrama Govinda Dasa
To get the special mercy of Lord Caitanya ISKCON Kanya Kumari is organising a padayatra covering the 5 places He visited during His tour of South India . We seek your blessings and also request you to kindly join us and bring as many devotees as possible.
In the Kanyakumari District Lord Caitanya visited these five places, as mentioned in Caitanya Caritamrita ( 2.9.225 to 229) :
1. Kanyakumari – Bhagavathiamman temple
2. Suchindrum – Sthanumalayan temple.
3. Tovalai – Subramaniya Swami temple
4. Bhootapandi – Bhoothalinga Swami temple
5. Thiruvattar – Adikesava temple
Tentative Schedule :
- Friday October 7, 2016 : 5.30 a.m.
Inauguration of the 50 km walk at the Kanyakumari Temple.
16,5 km to Suchindrum.
Evening Public outreach program in Suchindrum (expected crowd of 400 people)
- Saturday October 8, at 5.30 a.m.
Walk from Suchindrum to Tovalai : 16.5 km
Evening Public outreach program at Thovalai (expected crowd of 400 people)
- Sunday October 9, at 5.30 a.m.
Walk from Tovalai to Bhoothapandi : 17 km
Trip Bby bus to the Adikesava Temple (a distance of 35 km)
Evening Public outreach program at the Adikesava Temple with
NB : The final schedule will be posted later. This above schedule is subject to changes.
Registration :
A registration fee of Rs.300/- includes simple accomodation in mandapam, bus fare to the Adikesava temple and return to Nagercoil. Prasadam is served free to all the padayatris.
Due to space constraint the registration is limited to 200 people.
Devotees are requested to bring a permission letter of their local ISKCON temple.
Contact :
Vikrama Govinda das
iskcon.kanyakumari<AT>gmail.com
Tel : 098 946 00108
