Anecdote of the Day
Malati Dasi : The Deities came to London in December, and after some time there was discussion about the Indian Yatra. We got a letter from Srila Prabhupada with a list of eleven persons who were to meet him in India by September 1st. My husband, daughter, and I were on the list (my daughter was the eleventh person), and the eleven of us became focused on going to India. It was like going to England, because we didn't know anything. We didn't know anybody, and we didn't have any money. But since Prabhupada wanted us to go, therefore we were going. Shyamasundar arranged some incredibly cheap airline tickets on an airline that had propeller planes. On these planes there was a wire that went from the tail to the cockpit, and the pilot pulled it to make turns. Instead of a water fountain, there was a barrel of water with a dipper, and a piece of burlap was the door for the one bathroom. This was the plane that took us to India. After we landed in Bombay, this entire airline company, "Brother's Air Service," was grounded and never allowed to fly again. But we got there cheap.
In Bombay we didn't know where to go or who to go to. Suddenly, people came up, garlanded us, and had us come with them. We went to a house, and they said, "Swamiji will be here shortly." The way it happened was like a miracle or a fairy tale unfolding. Prabhupada came. We offered obeisances, and he said, "Go out on harinam." We had just come from England, the heat was blasting, and immediately Prabhupada sent us on the streets of Bombay to perform harinam.
Reference: Memories-Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint by Siddhanta Dasa
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