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…
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…
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,…
ICELAND: RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS GET A SWEET TASTE OF KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
By Chandrabhaga Dasi Padayatra Iceland was a joint event largely made possible by the efforts of Bhakta Pavel, who had initially traveled to Iceland’s main town of Reykjavik last year…
MALAYSIA PADAYATRA CELEBRATES WORLD HOLY NAME WEEK AND ISKCON’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY
By Murali Vadhana Govinda Dasa A small padayatra was held in Malaysia on August 14th. It was organized by ISKCON Teluk (Mayapur Baru) and commemorated ‘World Holy Name Week’ and…
FIRST PADAYATRA IN JOHANNESBURG GAUTENG, SOUTH AFRICA
By Padmanabha Dasa On August 9th at 11am devotees gathered at the Lenasia Civic Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Srila Prabhupada had met the people of Lenasia 41 years ago…
DYING TO LIVE: AVADHUTA’S ADVENTURES IN NEW ZEALAND
By Yasodadulal Dasa Note: Earlier this year we featured an article about Yasodadulal Dasa, a 60 year old travelling preacher who, since July of 2015. has been traversing New Zealand…