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World Holy Name Week Padayatra In Durban, South Africa (Album with photos)
\nBy Vraja Hari Dasa and Sadhana Sakti Dasi
\nOn September 9th, the first day of \u2018World Holy Name Week\u2019 our p\u0101da-y\u0101tr\u0101 team took to the streets of Lotus Park, a residential area located 20 kilometres south of the city of Durban. Our team consisted of the following devotees: Krishna Kesava Dasa, Dwarkadish Dasa, Radha Gopinath Dasa, Radha Prema Dasi, Krishna Balaram Dasa, Sadhana Sakti Dasi and Ayodhya Vasi Ram Dasa who joined us despite his ill health. We were also joyfully accompanied by the \u2018Lotus Park Nama Hatta\u2019 making a total number of 60 devotees on p\u0101da-y\u0101tr\u0101.
\nPalanquins, sa\u1e45k\u012brtana and pras\u0101dam.
\nWe started walking from Stork Place in Lotus Park and proceeded for 2.5 kilometres along a main street for maximum exposure. The p\u0101da-y\u0101tr\u0101 procession was headed by a beautifully decorated palanquin carried by the devotees. The palanquin was transformed into an exquisite mobile temple when Srila Prabhupada was seated on top, in front of our most beautiful Sri Sri Nityananda and Gauranga Mahaprabhu deities. Our sa\u1e45k\u012brtana party danced and chanted enthusiastically along the way and there were many people who came out of their homes to take dar\u015bana of Their Lordships. On either side of the road where teams of devotees distributing pras\u0101dam sweets and Srila Prabhupada\u2019s books \u2013and bringing up the rear was our \u2018Food For Life\u2019 team freely distributing hot meals to everyone we met. The local municipality gave support by providing two police vehicles to escort the p\u0101da-y\u0101tr\u0101. We ended the walk at a devotees house, where we all honoured pras\u0101dam together.<\/p>\n
During the p\u0101da-y\u0101tr\u0101 we distributed approximately 100 books, unfortunately, one of our sa\u1e45k\u012brtana book bags went missing so we aren\u2019t sure of the exact number; and \u2018Food For Life\u2019 distributed 600 plates of hot pras\u0101dam. World Holy Name Week Padayatra In Durban, South Africa (Album with photos) During the pāda-yātrā we distributed approximately 100 books, unfortunately, one of our saṅkīrtana book bags went missing so we aren’t sure of the exact number; and ‘Food For Life’ distributed 600 plates of hot prasādam.
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\nBy Vraja Hari Dasa and Sadhana Sakti Dasi
\nOn September 9th, the first day of ‘World Holy Name Week’ our pāda-yātrā team took to the streets of Lotus Park, a residential area located 20 kilometres south of the city of Durban. Our team consisted of the following devotees: Krishna Kesava Dasa, Dwarkadish Dasa, Radha Gopinath Dasa, Radha Prema Dasi, Krishna Balaram Dasa, Sadhana Sakti Dasi and Ayodhya Vasi Ram Dasa who joined us despite his ill health. We were also joyfully accompanied by the ‘Lotus Park Nama Hatta’ making a total number of 60 devotees on pāda-yātrā.
\nPalanquins, saṅkīrtana and prasādam.
\nWe started walking from Stork Place in Lotus Park and proceeded for 2.5 kilometres along a main street for maximum exposure. The pāda-yātrā procession was headed by a beautifully decorated palanquin carried by the devotees. The palanquin was transformed into an exquisite mobile temple when Srila Prabhupada was seated on top, in front of our most beautiful Sri Sri Nityananda and Gauranga Mahaprabhu deities. Our saṅkīrtana party danced and chanted enthusiastically along the way and there were many people who came out of their homes to take darśana of Their Lordships. On either side of the road where teams of devotees distributing prasādam sweets and Srila Prabhupada’s books –and bringing up the rear was our ‘Food For Life’ team freely distributing hot meals to everyone we met. The local municipality gave support by providing two police vehicles to escort the pāda-yātrā. We ended the walk at a devotees house, where we all honoured prasādam together.<\/p>\n
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