Kalachandaji meant 'black moon'.

Dallas is the home of Prabhupada's dream for a movement-wide educational facility to train children in Krishna consciousness from the earliest age - a gurukula. He wants children protected and cultured in spiritual principles so they may grow up to be the leaders of their generation. They will benefit the entire human society by helping to redirect consciousness back to godliness. This will save humanity from a terrible fate at the time of death, enabling people to return back home, back to Godhead. All the kids are totally excited when the Radha-Damodara bus arrives. As Vishnujana enters the temple room for his first darshan of Radha-Kalachandji, he exclaims with a wave of his hand, "This is God!" He is obviously impressed. "This is God!" he affirms again, almost like Srila Prabhupada would do. Thereafter, he will always tell devotees, "When you've seen Radha-Kalachandji, you've seen God." His preaching is wonderful, his kirtan is wonderful, and even his mere presence affects everyone in a wonderful way. He is so absorbed in chanting that he appears blissful and satisfied in his Krishna consciousness. The ladies are also excited hearing Maharaja lead kirtan and give class. By his dedication and sincerity he reminds them of Srila Prabhupada. Thus, he immediately becomes like the guru of Texas. The kids love him and everyone wants to be around him. When the kids come onto the bus for Radha-Damodara's darshan, Maharaja always gives each of them a gulabjamun.

Rupa Vilasa: He used to do a lot of the cooking and was famous as a cook. He had a little kitchen towards the back of the bus; rough conditions for cooking. Radha Damodara always seemed to be opulently dressed. Their outfits and Their backdrops, everything was just fantastic. They always seemed so well cared for and gorgeous. Sri Galim is also in Dallas. He and Bhaktarupa had been with Vishnujana Maharaja at the Pittsburgh temple several months back when Srila Prabhupada was there. They were given a special service - to drive the new Dallas temple Deities from New York to Dallas. After seeing the Road Show in Pittsburgh, Prabhupada had come to Dallas to perform Their installation ceremony. Reuniting with Vishnujana, Sri Galim tells Maharaja the story of the Deity installation. "Srila Prabhupada had made the arrangements for the Deities to come to Dallas. The story goes that Srimati and Kausalya discovered Krishna in an antique shop in Jaipur, and He was supposedly fashioned around 400 years ago. Prabhupada wanted them to get this Krishna, and a Radharani to accompany Him. " When the Deities came to Dallas in September, Prabhupada was eager to install Them although the devotees here were not really ready for Radha-Krishna worship. At one point he told Satsvarupa Maharaja he wasn't going to do it , he was going to leave, because Jahnava had removed the original paint and repainted the Deities in a different style. Srila Prabhupada was furious. 'It should not have been done,' he said. She answered, 'Well, that's what I was told to do by my authority.' Prabhupada replied, 'I'm your spiritual master, and I'm in the next room. Why didn't you ask me?' "She was crushed. So she had to repaint the Deities back the way They were, overnight, and hope that the paint would dry. The entire temple room had to be constructed within a couple of day's time. Somehow or other, the devotees stayed up all night and got everything finished. "

The Deities were installed the next day. When the curtains opened and everybody bowed down, Prabhupada got up from his vyasasana and went to the altar so he could offer arati. When he picked up the camphor lamp, there wasn't enough camphor to his satisfaction. A devotee added more, and Prabhupada said, 'No. MORE!' The devotee then put a big chunk of camphor on the lamp. " When Prabhupada was offering the lamp there was a huge flame shooting up from that large chunk of camphor. His hand kept inching down the lamp because it was getting so hot. By the time he put the lamp down, he was only holding it by its base. A devotee came by and picked it up to offer to the devotees, and he scorched his hand! After the arati, Prabhupada wrote down; Radha-Kalachandji - the Deity of Dallas, September 12, 1972 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. He named Them on the spot and said that Kalachandaji meant 'black moon'. The Deity gave us the impression of being very powerful. He had a tremendous sense of power, like He was protecting the children." Sri Galim then reveals that the temple authorities are trying to get him married, because after six months of teaching at Gurukula he's still an agitated brahmacari. He expresses his desire to leave Dallas and join Radha-Damodara's traveling party. When Vishnujana brings up the issue with the temple authorities he cautions them that it would be a mistake to get Sri Galim married. He is too young and too unsettled to be married. Besides, agitation is not a good reason to marry. The result will be disastrous! Better for him to go on the road with the traveling party, which will be helpful for his spiritual life. Since Sri Galim has already received second initiation, he can do deity worship for Radha-Damodara, and also go out on book distribution. Vishnujana's party has been taking to the streets from the very beginning, distributing BTGs in dhotis. So the temple authorities accept Maharaja's proposal and Sri Galim joins the party.