Lord’s protection evident as lockdown continues
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader We had been in the Gujarati onion production town of Mahuva for only a few days when on March 24 the Indian government announced…
Sankirtan and service continue despite global pandemic
By Acarya dasa, Ritudeep dasa, Damodarleela dasa, and Radhavallabha dasa (respective padayatra leaders) All-India Padayatra Just as the AIP reached Mahuva, a large town on the Arabian Sea coast in…
AIP devotees endure a week of mishaps and apprehension
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader On February 7 the All-India Padayatra reached Vataman Chokdi, a village in Gujarat at a crossroads about 135km south of Ahmedabad. We had planned…
Vraja-mandala Parikrama: the best thirty days in the life of a devotee
by Jayabhadra devi dasi Just as every year, Karttika 2019 welcomed devotees for the Vraja Mandala Parikrama, the thirty-third year of the month-long walk. About 1800 devotees engaged in parikrama,…
AIP walks with the recently inaugurated Gujarat Padayatra
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader Srila Prabhupada once declared that he would personally travel by car taking dozens of men to preach in the villages of Gujarat. “In the…
Padayatra captures hearts and showers mercy
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader On November 27 the All-India Padayatra was in Navsari, the ninth biggest municipality of Gujarat state, where we presented several programmes. That evening I…
Padayatris celebrate Kartik on Vraja Mandala Parikrama
By Jayabhadra devi dasi This year’s Vraja Mandala Parikrama was special due to there being a confluence of padayatris from three different padayatras:the All-India Padayatra, the Maharashtra Padayatra, and the…
Padayatris take their holy walk into southern Gujarat
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader After one month on the Vraja Mandal Parikrama,the AIP padayatris returned to ISKCON’s Nilachal Dham farm at Talasari in Maharashtra on November 16. The…
Mood of entering Vrindavan resounds through Govardhan Eco Village
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader On October 4 the All-India Padayatra reached the Govardhan Eco Village (GEV) at Wada, Maharashtra, a seventy-acre sustainable farming community and retreat in the…
Srila Prabhupada remembered during World Holy Name Week in Juhu
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader This year is a special year: All-India Padayatra was at Srila Prabhupada’s office in Juhu Beach, Mumbai, for the World Holy Name Week which…