Padayatra Slovenia is a caravan of song and dance, a festival of Vedic and Vaishnava culture. Its motto: from pure consciousness to a pure heart and a clean environment and fulfilling relationships. The 2018 slovenian Padayatra was thus a renewed opportunity to sincerly serve the devotees and Krishna. This year we toured the central part of the country and Ljubljana, the capital, from July 3rd to 20th. We also went to Bled and Portoroz for one day.
For the third year in a row, devotees’ accommodations were arranged at the Ljubljana Sri Panca Tatva temple, at Žibertova 27. We walked in the afternoon, from 4 pm to 8 pm, starting from the temple.
This year’s summer marked our 17th padayatra – a wonderful pilgrimage with beautiful Sri Sri Nitai, Gaura-Nataraj, Srila Prabhupada, Tulasi devi and the Lord’s devotees. The walk was accompanied by loud singing of Lord Krishna’s names and stunning dancing.
Padayatra is the mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the path of self-realisation for this age, for all people and all living beings. It is is also a wonderful opportunity for devotees to associate among themselves everyday through spiritual programs and entertainment. All kinds of devotees get the chance to experience the constant chanting of the holy names, distribution of prasadam and of Srila Prabhupada’s books to people in general.
Slovenian devotees and devotees from other countries had been warmly invited to join this unselfish form of preaching of love of God. The response was amazing, especially because many young devotees from 10 to 18 years old participated in the walk. Lalita Govinda prabhu, the padayatra organizer, is very happy to see this program is so well accepted among youngsters. They could associate among themselves in a spiritual atmosphere and experience first hand the mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. They also found it interesting because they could meet their peers from Spain.
This year’s special guests were Bir Krishna Goswami, Prahladananda Swami, Devadharma Prabhu and Bhagavat-purana Prabhu.
The devotee who participate on padayatra remain friends forever, every devotee is convinced of that.
BOOK DISTRIBUTION SCORES
Total: 1261 books
289 Science of Self-Realization
3 Sri Isopanisad
90 Teachings of Lord Caitanya
251 Krishna’s Kitchen
209 Chant and be happy
191 BhaktiYoga – The Art Of Eternal Love
100 Easyjourney To OtherPlanets
119 Beyond Birth and Death
2600 brochures/pamphlets
PRASADAM SCORE
14000 pieces of prasadam