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padayatra

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit पदयात्रा (padayātrā, “foot journey”); first used by The Hindu the 1950s.[1]

Noun

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padayatra (plural padayatras)

  1. (India) A journey undertaken on foot for religious, political, social or charitable purposes.
    (by extension) A protest march or campaign tour.

References

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  1. ^ “padayatra, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “padayatra, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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