Khutalwadi youths invite Maharashtra Padayatra to their village
By Arjuna Krishna dasa While chanting in the temple in Vrindavan during Kartik I overheard some boys talking in Marathi. I approached them and asked where they were from in…
Maharashtra padayatris gain spiritual strength at holy tirthas
By Damodarleela dasa and Arjuna Krishna dasa Recently the Maharashtra Padayatra was at Koregaon in the Sangli district, a village enriched with devotees. Cintamani devi dasi, the daughter of a…
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…
Baroda devotees complete third annual walk to Dakor Ranchhodrai temple
By Sanatana Kripa dasa In line with the padayatras of the past two years, from December 12 to 15, 2019, Gujarat’s ISKCON Baroda devotees completed a four-day walk to the Ranchhodrai…
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 received…
Village market-place makes way for padayatra programme
By Damodarleela dasa, Maharashtra Padayatra leader On November 28 the Maharashtra Padayatra arrived at the village of Amnapur in the Sangli district. The sarpancha (political head) of the village was…
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 [sagam] of padayatris from three different padayatras:the All-India Padayatra, the Maharashtra Padayatra, and…
THE BRUCE TRAIL IN CANADA
by Bhaktimarga Swami The image was so vivid – autumn leaves spiraling down from the heights of hardwoods. Our eyes were widened to the stark reds, oranges, and yellows. It…
Andhra Pradesh Padayatra inaugurated in Tirupati
By Radhavallabha dasa, Andhra Pradesh Padayatra leader On October 17, 2019, the city of Tirupati witnessed the grand opening of the Andhra Pradesh Padayatra. The ceremony took place in the…
Maharashtra padayatris return to the highway
By Damodarliladasa and Arjuna Krishna dasa Having completed the one-month Vraja Mandal Parikrama, on November 16 Maharashtra’s padayatris returned to Aravade, the birthplace of our spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja. The…