A Merciful Glance From Their Lordships Is Enough!
January 27, 2019. Acarya dasa: On January 10 the All-India Padayatra reached Chamorshi, a town in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra close to the banks of the Wainganga River. Parmeshwara dasa serves at the Chamorshi ISKCON centre that has deities of Radha and Krishna and Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra. It was the devotees at the centre who had arranged a big welcome ceremony for us and honoured us with beautiful garlands. The citizens also warmly welcomed us whenever we went for a home programme or out on sankirtan, in fact we had never worn so many garlands as those we received in the Chamorshi area. Residents and devotees alike joined us during nagar sankirtan for three to four days and hardly anybody went to work because they were so busy with the temple activities. We distributed many books, the atmosphere so surcharged by the sankirtan and the Uludhvani (a high-pitched vocal sound commonly heard at festivals and celebrations) that for many padayatris it was hugely reminiscent of Mayapur.