Hare Krishna dear devotees!

I hope that you all of you are safe right now and happy
in Krishna consciousness!  

By the kind mercy of Lokanath Swami, Padayatra

Worldwide minister, the Ministry team and senior
padayatris , we are happy to introduce all of you to the
Gaura Vani Padayatra group. As all ISKCON padayatras
it is propagating harinam sankirtan to many towns
and villages of Russia and Europe. For the past 5
years, I've been heading a group of an average of 20
devotees from Russia and Eastern Europe, both men
and women. As the distances are great, we travel in
and women. As the distances are great, we travel in
a vehicle and stop in various cities and villages to
do long harinam (Yes, we also walk!), organize and
participate in festivals in various temples and nama-
hattas. We travel about 4 months in the summer and 2
in winter, with the following results:

- 9 padayatra tours within 5 years (Narada dasa in

front)
- 12 countries visited; Russia, Ukraine, Poland,
Lithuania, Germany,

Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia,

- 100+  festivals for devotees in various temples and
nama-hattas:

- 108 devotees participants so far. Usually, we have 15

- 20 core group including brahmacaris and grihasthas
with children.
-  320 hours of harinam sankirtan
- 800 km (497 miles) on foot

- 9080 Srila Prabhupada books

- The first and only Bullock Cart Padayatra in Russia
since 1992 and we are going to continue with more
padayatras and a longer one 

 
WE NEED A VAN TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR
SERVICE 

By the end of the Coronavirus quarantine, we need to

get a new van or bus to start our padayatra. We are
not asking for any kind of expensive vehicle, we need a
basic and reliable one with 9 - 15 seats.

Usually, our team is 20 padayatra devotees and our

van is only 9 seats.  So we were managing this for 3
years in different ways and it is not safe to travel in this
way. Also, it is best to have ladies and men traveling in
way. Also, it is best to have ladies and men traveling in
different vans to maintain pure spirit for preaching.

In Ukraine there are some old (35 years) used

Mercedes-Benz 208D vans in good condition for
about  4000 US$. It would be austere because it needs
to be repaired often not comfortable,  but we would
be happy with it. If devotees give some more lakshmi
we can get a better and newer van for 8000 US$. For
example Sprinter  ( 313cdi long 2001)  
Here are the various options: 

- $ 20 -- Every town and Village (400 needed reach

target )
- $ 50 -- Friend of Padayatra (160 needed reach target )
- $ 108 -- Servant of Padayatra (74 needed reach
target )
- $ 200 -- Padayatra member (40 needed reach target )
- $ 300 -- Padayatra Maha member (27 needed reach
target )
- $ 500 -- Padayatra patron (16 needed reach target )
- $ 1008 -- Padayatra super patron (8 needed reach
target )

 As you saw in the list above there are options for every
kind of budget. 

Of course, you can donate any amount and we will

highly appreciate that!

We will send you a message to acknowledge each

donation received and will regularly keep you informed
of the total laksmi received. 

Your servant, Narada dasa

Gaura Vani Padayatra coordinator

Gaura Vani Padayatra coordinator

HOW TO MAKE YOUR DONATION: 

Let us get together and collectively send it. Atleast we

can in this way indirectly help in ISKCON padayatra
mission and preaching.

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