ISKCON Padayatra Ministry

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), also known as the Hare Krishna movement, includes five hundred major centers, temples and rural communities, thousands of namahattas, and millions of congregational members worldwide. ISKCON has expanded widely since its founding by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda in New York City in 1966.

On September 2, 1984, devotees launched Padayatra at Dwaraka Dhama. Since then it has been traveling all over the country, covering about 48,000 kilometers while distributing books and pamphlets in 10 languages. The Padayatra has successfully introduced or revived the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra in thousands of villages throughout 19 of India’s 25 states.

Letters from Srila Prabhupada (Letter to Nityananda-Mayapur, 16 March 77) “Here in India our Lokanatha Maharaja has successfully organized such a program and it is a great success. We can introduce many millions of such carts all over the world.”