Prabhupada said they should have Radha and Krishna up there.
The next section is from Srila Prabhupada at the Hindu Bali Temple at Rawamangun. Then they have a band, I think it's called a gamelan, it's a kind of music that plays percussion and gongs and different instruments. It's quite unusual. It's an undescribable, unique sound that band has.
When Srila Prabhupada arrived, they sat down all together and chanted the first line of the Gayatri Mantra out loud together. That's what they do. They sit and slowly chant the first line of Gayatri Mantra. In Srila Prabhupada's talk, he talks about the Gayatri Mantra and the meaning of Gayatri. They played their own music to greet Srila Prabhupada. But also when he sang Jaya Radha-Madhava, which he would always sing before speaking, he directed them to play along with him as he sang Jaya Radha-Madhava.
But their band plays in very minor keys, and it was quite an amazing sound to hear Prabhupada chanting Jaya Radha-Madhava and them playing those instruments at the same time. It was very unique. Then they walked Prabhupada around the outside. They have an outdoor altar with a very high structure with a chair at the top, an empty chair, and then all these carvings of beings. They bring offerings and they invite Lord Brahma, whoever they want to worship, to sit there. But Srila Prabhupada said they should have Radha and Krishna up there.
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Amogha Dasa
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