This tree should be worshiped.

Yamuna dasi : This tree was a place of pilgrimage for Gaudiya Vaisnavas long before the Krishna Balarama Mandir was constructed in Vrindavan. In the early 1970's, there were purported to be very few tamal trees in Vrindavan , one at Rasatali and one at the samadhi of Rupa Goswami in Radha-Damodar. So when Srila Prabhupada noted that the land had a tamal tree on it, he was very, very pleased. There is an interesting pastime about this tree. Long before Srila Prabhupada sat under this tree as we are witnessing in this footage, he envisioned himself sitting under this tree and looking at the Deities of Krishna Balarama. He said, "We will have kirtan under this tree." And he said, "This tree should be worshiped. And the soil under the tree, a teaspoon of it should be taken and mixed with sand and water from the Yamuna River, and then with a coconut husk you should clean the aratik paraphernalia in our temple with his holy substance." This is a very sacred place for us, and let us pray that not only now but in the future Srila Prabhupada's wish will be fulfilled and Gaudiya Vaisnavas will be able to worship this sacred tree in this sacred location for many, many more years to come.