Kaliya is here in Fiji!
Bhagavati dasi : Once he didn't come, so after lunch and rest he rang to call Vasudeva. Then we were sitting in the veranda. And one devotee was there, Satya Nashri, he asked Prabhupada that local people say that Kaliya is here in Fiji. And Prabhupada asked, "Are there any wild creatures here like wild lion and serpents?" He said, "No." Then he said, "Then Kaliya must be may be here." And after that, he changed the
Vasudeva das: name
Bhagavati dasi: to make Krishna Kaliya Temple.
Madhudvisa das: Some of the Hindus had said that this is Kaliya who has come to Fiji when he was banished from the waters of the Jamuna and that this big snake was living up in a big lake up on the top of a mountain where nobody went. And in Fiji there's no snakes. So they told Prabhupada that, and Prabhupada said, "Yes, then it is possible because where there is the big snake, there are no small snakes because the big snake will eat the small snakes."
So one devotee, he took up the challenge to go to this lake. According to the superstition, if you went to this lake you wouldn't come back or you would become insane. But not many people know how to get there, so he had to get a guide. So he paid this guide some money and he was a little bit reluctant, but finally he agreed. So they started to hike up there and a big storm came up, big typhoon.
Winds were blowing, trees were knocked over. So the guide became spooked and he said, "No, no, this is the sign we are not supposed to go," and he abandoned him. So the devotee thought, "Well, I'm going to do it." He didn't know how to get there but he still tried to persevere, but the storm became too violent and he couldn't do it. So because of that folk tale, Vasudeva established the Krishna Kaliya Temple; and it's a unique Deity of Krishna dancing on the head of the Kaliya serpent.
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Bhagavati Dasi
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