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{{Short description|Indian motorcycle rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bharadwaj Dayala
| image = File:BharadwajDayala.jpg
| caption = Bharadwaj Dayala
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|5|31}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| death_place =
| othername = World Rider
| occupation = Photographer, Filmmaker, Motorcyclist, Author
| years_active = 2006–present
| spouse =
| website = {{URL|www.bharadwajdayala.com}}
}}

'''Bharadwaj Dayala''' (born 1970) is an Indian [[Long-distance motorcycle riding|long-distance motorcyclist]]. He completed a [[Circumnavigation|solo circumnavigation]] of the world on a [[motorcycle]] between 2006 and 2007, which has been described as the first such journey by an Indian rider.

==Career==
[[File:Bharadwaj successfully completes the world tour on motorcycle.jpg|thumb|left|Dayala poses after returning to India from his successful world tour]]
Dayala started his solo world tour on a motorcycle from [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India, on April 2, 2006. He rode to [[Chennai]], [[Tirupati]], [[Hyderabad]], and [[Pune]]. After arriving in [[Mumbai]], his last city in India, he rode to [[Tehran]], Iran. From Tehran, he started riding on international roads, traveling through Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Greece, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, Australia, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. After traversing 5 continents, 14 countries, and 47,000 kilometers in 18 months, he returned home on October 2, 2007.<ref>{{cite news |date=2006-04-08 |title=Adventurer on a world mission |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/adventurer-on-a-world-mission/article3144437.ece |access-date=2013-09-21 |work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2007-11-10 |title=Vizag youth completes world tour |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/vizag-youth-completes-world-tour/article1945712.ece |access-date=2013-09-21 |work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2007-10-11 |title=National: From Vizag, around the world |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/11/stories/2007101157142200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012234309/http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/11/stories/2007101157142200.htm |archive-date=2007-10-12 |access-date=2013-09-21 |work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2013-09-11 |title=Bharadwaj Dayala: Around the World in 18 months |url=http://www.ridetillidie.com/content/view/80#.Uj2KCoZpmAI |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923035345/http://www.ridetillidie.com/content/view/80#.Uj2KCoZpmAI |archive-date=2013-09-23 |access-date=2013-09-21 |publisher=Ride till I die}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2013-12-21 |title=Kicking life into higher gear |url=https://epaper.newindianexpress.com/201381/The-New-Indian-Express-Vishakapatnam/21-12-2013#page/19/2 |newspaper=The New Indian Express |location=Chennai |page=19 |edition=Visakhapatnam}}</ref>

==Awards==
[[File:Bharadwaj-awarded.jpg|thumb|Prince of Dubai congratulating Bharadwaj]]
On December 4, 2013, Dayala was congratulated by Prince of [[Dubai]] [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]] for his achievement in global travel.

On November 23, 2018, Dayala was awarded the Best Globe Trotter Award by [[China]] at the [[China]] Global Travelers Festival held in [[Shanghai]].

==Social activities==
=== All India Road Safety Ride ===
In 2004, Dayala participated in a road safety awareness ride across India, supported by then [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]], [[L. K. Advani|L.K. Avani]].<ref>{{cite news |date=20 September 2004 |title=Bharat darshan yatra flagged off |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2004/09/20/stories/2004092010830300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140920063120/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/09/20/stories/2004092010830300.htm |archive-date=20 September 2014 |accessdate=27 November 2018 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

=== Vande Mataram ===
On March 15, 2014, Dayala joined Vande Mataram, a [[Non-governmental organization|non-government organization]], in a cross-country ride across India<ref>{{cite news |date=2 April 2014 |title=Wheels for votes |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/wheels-for-votes/cid/1289391 |accessdate=27 November 2018 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=1 July 2014 |title=Getting People To Vote Mattered To These Bikers So Much That They Rode 15,000 Kms For It! |url=http://www.thebetterindia.com/11909/group-riders-helped-gain-highest-voter-turnout-general-elections |website=www.thebetterindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=वंदेमातरम् कैंपेन लेकर गुलाबी नगरी आए इंडिया के पहले वल्र्ड टूरिस्ट - m.bhaskar.com |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/article/referer/521/t/320/c-10-1809156-NOR.html?5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227090236/http://m.bhaskar.com/article/referer/521/t/320/c-10-1809156-NOR.html?5 |archive-date=27 February 2015 |access-date=20 September 2014}}</ref> to support [[youth]] participation in the [[2014 Indian general election]].

=== Million Amazing Women ===
{{main|Million Amazing Women}}
On January 10, 2025, Dayala embarked on an expedition to capture a million portraits of women from around the world.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/travel/visakhapatnams-bharadwaj-dayala-on-a-world-tour-to-capture-one-million-portraits-of-women/article69459517.ece | title=Visakhapatnam's Bharadwaj Dayala on a world tour to capture one million portraits of women | work=The Hindu | date=17 April 2025 | last1=Ganguly | first1=Nivedita }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 11, 2025 |title=Vizag man to embark on world tour to capture one million portraits of women |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/vizag-man-to-embark-on-world-tour-to-capture-one-million-portraits-of-women/articleshow/117155561.cms |work=The Times of India |via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Bharadwaj Dayala}}
*{{Official website|http://bharadwajdayala.com}}

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JoanneMoffit at 06:01, 6 February 2026