By Subhang Balaram Dasa
Lord Caitanya had predicted, “My holy name will be chanted in every town and village” and the devotees of All India Padayatra have been walking day after day to practically all villages and towns in India to fulfilling the Lord’s desire.
Since the last thirty-two years All India Padayatra has been traveling all over India, distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books.
The devotees of All India Padayatra have been walking through Andhra Pradesh since the last nine months. Currently more than 30 devotees including Srila Prabhupada’s disciple HG Akhiladhar Prabhu are part of this Padayatra. On the 12th evening they reached Akaramapalli Namahatta center run by ISKCON Tirupati. HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj joined them in the evening during Harinam Nagar Sankirtan. Many local villagers and devotees from ISKCON Tirupati participated in the Gaura-arati and attended the lecture delivered by Lokanath Maharaj in the Ram Mandir of Akaramapalli Namahatta center.
On 13th October, a procession started from the Namahatta center with a melodious kirtan by Lokanath Maharaj. More than 500 devotees from various ISKCON Namahatta centers and congregational devotees from Tirupati greeted and joined the procession during the evening nagar sankirtana. When it reached ISKCON’s Radha Govinda temple amidst great enthusiasm at Tirupati, the padayatra devotees were nicely welcomed with garlands and juices. After arriving in the temple, Lokanath Maharaj spoke on the history and goal of Padayatra and mentioned, “the devotees are walking back to Godhead by participating in this Padayatra program.”
The Padayatra bull Narasimha has finished his nine years of walking on the road. He had joined the All India Padayatra at Tirupati to pull Nitai Gaurasundar’s cart and now he has successfully completed a circumambulation of India.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada, the primary inspiration behind this Padayatra program!
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