Prabhupada originally wanted that Kalachandji should have conchshell eyes
Laxmimoni : My students were involved in deity worship and when I came to Dallas, the first thing they asked me to do was to take care of Radha-Kalachandji as the pujari. Radha-Kalachandji had been installed about a year before and as I was cleaning the pujari room I found some conchshell eyes. They were in a box and they were quite large. I asked some of the devotees, "What are these eyes doing here?" They said, "Well, Prabhupada originally wanted that Kalachandji should have conchshell eyes and we thought it looked really strange so we didn't put them on." To me I just couldn't connect what that meant? That didn't give. Since Prabhupada was in Dallas, I went over to his room and said to him, "Srila Prabhupada, you know I'm the pujari here now and I found these conchshell eyes. I heard that you wanted the deities to have conchshell eyes so I just want to let you know that if you want me to put those eyes on the deities I will." Prabhupada said to me, "Kalachandji's eyes are fine just the way they are." Somehow I felt like he really didn't understand that his original instruction hadn't been followed, so twice more I asked him the same question. (Three times in total). I said, "Prabhupada, you know if you want me to put the eyes on Kalachandji I will." Finally Prabhupada said to me, "But I am Prabhupada and I am telling you what I want. Kalachandji's eyes are fine just the way they are!" I was so embarrassed and when I left, Jayatirtha, who was in the room said to me, "It's like you wanted him to yell at you. I don't understand what you were trying to do."
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 4 by Siddhanta Dasa
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