Background
Lokanatha Swami was born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, India.
Lokanatha Swami was born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, India.
He pursued his secondary education from Wellington College, Sangli and moved to Bombay to study Chemistry at Kirti College. He took sannyasa (renounced order of life) in 1975. In 1989 he inaugurated the same preaching program in America.
Since then, Padayatra has become instrumental in propagation of Krishna consciousness.
In 1996 he was responsible for organising a celebration of 100th Anniversary of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in India.