About Kartik Yatra
Over the years, devotees have visited Vrindavan, Govardhan, Ayodhya, Jaipur, Sri Rangam, Tirupati, Mayapur, Dwarka, Udupi, Rameshwaram and many other places.The number of devotees participating in these yatras have increased manifold i.e from an humble twenty in 1986 to a magnificent 10000 in 2023.
Kartik Yatras give devotees an opportunity to perform the devotional activity of shravanam (hearing) of hari-katha. Shravanam done in the association of devotees, in a holy dhama, is said to award one immense devotional merits.
With thousands of devotees participating, these yatras give devotees a wonderful opportunity to hear hari-katha and chant the holy names with complete absorption in an environment free from one’s regular household and professional anxieties.
This year, the Yatra is conducted at the Jagannath Puri Dham – The Land of Daru Brahma.
The date of yatra: 16th Nov – 21st Nov.
Accommodation Dates – 15th Aug to 25th Aug
Yatra Registration Charges: ₹ 4350/- (+ ₹500 late fee)
Accommodation charges will be based on your choice and selection.

Eligibility
Devotees wanting to join Yatra require to fulfill the below conditions
- 4 Regulations: Applicant should follow the four regulative principles including refrain from tea & coffee from Gaur Purnima (March 2023)
- Chanting 16 Rounds: Applicant should be chanting minimum 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra daily
- No Objection: Applicant must not have any objection from his/her counselor/ spiritual guide/ authority/ guardian/ regional facilitator
- Devotee Association: Applicant should be attending weekly ISKCON satsang programs on a regular basis for at least one year.
- Dress Code:Applicant should follow the prescribed dress code:
For Men: Dhoti-Kurta
For Women: Sari - Up-to-date Information:Applicant’s personal information is up-to-date in the database, mainly:
Photograph | Mobile number (If any)
Email Id (If any) | Age & gender
Accommodation

- It is MANDATORY for every yatra participant to book his or her accommodation through the yatra committee only. Yatra participants must not book their accommodation directly in any hotel or guesthouse in Puri. However, if you have your own residential facility at Puri, you are exempted from above rule.
- Families wanting to stay together, should ensure that profiles of all family members are connected in the database, before online accommodations begin.
- Devotees will need to visit www.rgmdatabase.com and choose the room where they would like to stay and with which other devotees. Once one of the available rooms is selected, payment has to be made online immediately for the room.
- For a group of devotees wanting to stay together, one of the group members can book for the whole group, provided he/she has access to profiles of all other group members. Contact Yatra Helpline (info@rgyatra.com) for any help in this regard.
- For those devotees who are not net savvy, a counter will be available at Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir at a stipulated time, where a volunteer will register and book accommodation on the devotee’s behalf (using the respective devotee’s Login Id and Password). Only cash will be accepted at this counter.

Step 2: On 15th August 2023 10:00 am IST, accommodation booking will start for Varishtha Vaishnavas (VV).
Varishtha Vaishnavas (VV) are: Prabhujis who are 60 years or more on 1st October 2023 and Matajis who are 55 years or more on 1st October 2023.
- On 15th and 16st August, only Varishtha Vaishnavas will be allowed to choose accommodation.
- 17th August onwards, no preference will be given to Varishtha Vaishnavas. But they can continue to book any available room.
Please check the details schedule of accommodation booking:CLICK HERE