Lord Jagganath in park
There is a famous picture of Srila Prabhupada in Golden Gate Park surrounded by hippies. Mukunda, Hayagriva, and Subal are in the picture, and Lord Jagannath is standing there. On that day we were chanting in the park, and we thought, "Let's surprise Swamiji." He was going to join us later. So we didn't take Subhadra and Baladev, we just left Them and took Jagannath to the park and put Him down. Swamiji was very surprised. He explained to us that first of all Lord Jagannath never goes anywhere without His Brother and Sister and that we shouldn't arbitrarily take Him out of the temple. He comes out of the temple for Ratha-yatra.
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 2 by Siddhanta Dasa
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