Less attendance in Mangala Arati

Nava Yogendra Swami: I was sitting in front of Prabhupada's room in Vrindavan when Prabhupada was translating. Mangal arati started, and Prabhupada called me and said, "Count how many devotees are in mangal arati." Although he was translating, he was concerned about other things also. I counted the devotees, came back, and told Prabhupada, "This many devotees are there."

He said, "Call the temple president." When the temple president came, Prabhupada asked him, "How many devotees are staying here?" The temple president said how many. Many devotees were not at mangal arati. Prabhupada was angry. He said, "Even I should go to mangal arati. I am not going because I'm doing very important work. Why isn't everyone going to mangal arati? My temples are not hotels. They are places to perform worship and sadhana bhakti. Everyone must go to mangal arati."