Marriage in Boston
In May the next year, 1969, Srila Prabhupada came to Boston. I had almost finished high school, and I thought, "Okay, this is it." Prabhupada performed a wedding ceremony for Jahnava and Nanda Kishor, Rukmini and Baradraj, and Vaikunthanath and me. This was the first time a Vedic wedding had been performed in Boston, and two newspaper reporters reported the occasion.
During the lecture, Prabhupada talked about how a woman should be covered from head to toe, so that even the sun could not see her. He said, "And they should not wear miniskirts." Everyone laughed. I knew that was for me, because when I first became a devotee I used to come to the temple in a miniskirt. After the wedding, Prabhupada said to me, "So, Saradiya, now you are happy?" Prabhupada was sitting on the vyasasana, and we offered him a lot of prasadam. He looked down at it and said, "Since I am not God, I cannot eat so much." Also, the next morning Vaikunthanath and I and one other devotee went on a walk with Prabhupada. Prabhupada said to me, "So you are no longer Miss Saradiya, now you are Mrs. Saradiya." That was very sweet of him.
During the lecture, Prabhupada talked about how a woman should be covered from head to toe, so that even the sun could not see her. He said, "And they should not wear miniskirts." Everyone laughed. I knew that was for me, because when I first became a devotee I used to come to the temple in a miniskirt. After the wedding, Prabhupada said to me, "So, Saradiya, now you are happy?" Prabhupada was sitting on the vyasasana, and we offered him a lot of prasadam. He looked down at it and said, "Since I am not God, I cannot eat so much." Also, the next morning Vaikunthanath and I and one other devotee went on a walk with Prabhupada. Prabhupada said to me, "So you are no longer Miss Saradiya, now you are Mrs. Saradiya." That was very sweet of him.
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 2 by Siddhanta Dasa
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