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February 10, 1975 : Los Angeles

Satsvarupa: ISKCON Los Angeles, New Dvaraka, the Western world headquarters, was burgeoning with many Krishna conscious projects. Book distribution was booming. The devotee population was growing. Money was available and was utilized in various technological and cultural preaching departments. Srila Prabhupada visited for the first time the spacious BBT warehouse, where his books were stored and shipped out to the ISKCON centers around the world.

A trail of devotees in several cars followed Prabhupada's car as he pulled up in front of the large warehouse. He entered the front reception office. Ramesvara, the manager of the BBT, was acting as Prabhupada's tour guide through the warehouse. "We have two warehouses," Ramesvara said, and he led Srila Prabhupada onto the floor of a vast storage room with its ceiling three stories high. Everywhere stood stacks and stacks of books in cartons. "So are they going out or simply stacking there?" Srila Prabhupada asked. "They've been greatly reduced since they first arrived," Ramesvara said. Wearing his swami cap pushed jauntily back on his head and walking regally with his cane, Srila Prabhupada surveyed the warehouse with pleasure.

In the presence of his books, Prabhupada was exhilarated, and the thought of how more and more books could be written, printed, and distributed in many different languages made him ecstatic. Although the present warehouse in L.A. was awesomely large, Prabhupada envisioned beyond it to other countries and other warehouses.


Reference: Prabhupada-lila - Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami