July 07, 1973 : London
Revatinandana: When Prabhupada saw his vyasasana on the cart, he said, "No, I am just a devotee. I will go in the procession." We had a big, great kirtana. Hamsaduta led, I led, Syamasundara led - different devotees traded off, leading this fantastic kirtana. And Prabhupada was right in the middle of the kirtana with his karatalas the whole time. He was dancing back and forth and jumping up and down and dancing.
Rohini-nandana: The cart was going quite slowly. Prabhupada walked about twenty or thirty yards ahead of the cart, leading the procession. Meanwhile the kirtana was coming from the ratha cart through microphones. Prabhupada called them all down, and he got them all around himself, and they were chanting Hare Krishna. Every so often he would turn around and raise both his arms very majestically in the air and say, "Jaya Jagannatha!"
The next day's papers carried favorable news coverage of the festival, and Prabhupada wrote in his letters:
You will be glad to know the Ratha-yatra in London was very successful. Our festival here was very well received and I was so much encouraged by the whole thing that I was able to walk and dance the entire way from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square. The Daily Guardian had a picture on the front page of our cart and stated that we were competition to the monument in memory of Lord Nelson in Trafalgar Square.
Reference: Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta Volume 5 - Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
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