Sixty-eight-year-old RSS leader and social worker Santh Sitaram’s Bharat Parikrama Padayatra, which entered Odisha on February 16, covered 3,000 km in the State.
He came Odisha through Jaleswar in Baleswar district. He covered Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack, Madhu Babu’s village, Tulasi Das’s Ashram and finally reached the Jayadev Pitha at Kendubilwa by walking.
Sitaram started his journey on August 9, 2012 from Kanyakumari of Tamil Nadu. He has now completed his nonstop journey by covering 20,000 km.
He also covered Gopabandhu’s village Suando, Satyabadi, Puri, Balangir, Kalahandi and Bargarh, etc. He used to walk 15 km to 20 km daily.
Santh Sitaram covered more than 500 villages in Odisha and organised meetings and created awareness to protect the villages and nature.
He aims at uplift of rural life in India. His Padayatra has now entered Andhra Pradesh.