Prabhupada preaching in Masonic Lodge, Mexico City, 1972.

Srila Prabhupada preaching in the Masonic Lodge, Mexico City. Hanuman Das Goswami and Shyamasudara Dasa recording Srila Prabhupada's speech in the back of the Masonic Lodge in June, 1972.

Nandanandana Dasa : Srila Prabhupada spoke at the main Masonic Lodge in Mexico City. At the time they were still politically influential. Probably that was the only Masonic Lodge that Srila Prabhupada spoke at in the course of his preaching work. In this picture, provided by Rama-Govinda Maharaja, you can see the Masonic symbol on the wall behind Srila Prabhupada. They were very respectful and he was well received, although the master of ceremonies had some difficulty in pronouncing Prabhupada's name. At the end of the lecture he said that Srila Prabhupada was a mendicant holy person traveling and preaching throughout the world and asked for cooperation from the audience. Then a devotee, visiting from Madison Wisconsin, who was taking some courses at one university in Mexico City, passed around a straw basket collecting donations.