The Pada-Yatra of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

The word pada-yatra literally means to walk on foot. In early India people used to travel by chariot, horseback, elephant, bullock-cart, or palanquin. But saintly persons, having renounced such worldly comforts, would travel by foot. Their main concern was to teach the glories of God to the conditio...

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Main Author: Bhakti Charu Swami 1945-2020 (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main 1998
In: Journal of religious culture
Year: 1998
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