November 20, 1976 : Vrindavan
Hari Sauri: Akshayananda had just returned from the Radha-Damodara temple. Prabhupada had sent him there to inform Gaur Chand Gosai, the head priest and manager, that he intends to visit tomorrow. "So they were glad that I am coming?"
"Oh, yes," Akshayananda replied. "He was happy. And she was also happy."
"Who?"
"Gosai Ma."
"Oh, yes," Prabhupada said, remembering Gaur Chand's wife. "She was very kind upon me."
I too am looking forward to the visit. I have never been to Radha-Damodara temple with Srila Prabhupada. It's always enlivening and informative to visit places of his former pastimes with him. I asked when the last time was that he was there. He thought a moment and said, "1972."
I thought of another of his old residences, the place he lived in before moving to the Radha-Damodara temple. "What about that Kesi-ghata?"
"Oh," Prabhupada smiled, suddenly remembering it, and he brightly suggested, "We can go someday." He recalled his early days there. "When I first came in Vrindavana I stayed in the Kesi-ghata. That is very palatial building. My room was as big as this. Yes, as big. Plus one side room, plus one entrance room. I was paying fifteen rupees. And I could see whole Vrindavana, Yamuna, from the top of my house. It is very nice, very palatial."
I had heard about it, and the prospect of visiting it with Prabhupada sounded exciting, but I didn't know where it was, so Prabhupada explained that it is just on the corner of the road to Kesi-ghata as it bends around the Maharaja of Bharatpura's huge palace.
"Oh, yes," Akshayananda replied. "He was happy. And she was also happy."
"Who?"
"Gosai Ma."
"Oh, yes," Prabhupada said, remembering Gaur Chand's wife. "She was very kind upon me."
I too am looking forward to the visit. I have never been to Radha-Damodara temple with Srila Prabhupada. It's always enlivening and informative to visit places of his former pastimes with him. I asked when the last time was that he was there. He thought a moment and said, "1972."
I thought of another of his old residences, the place he lived in before moving to the Radha-Damodara temple. "What about that Kesi-ghata?"
"Oh," Prabhupada smiled, suddenly remembering it, and he brightly suggested, "We can go someday." He recalled his early days there. "When I first came in Vrindavana I stayed in the Kesi-ghata. That is very palatial building. My room was as big as this. Yes, as big. Plus one side room, plus one entrance room. I was paying fifteen rupees. And I could see whole Vrindavana, Yamuna, from the top of my house. It is very nice, very palatial."
I had heard about it, and the prospect of visiting it with Prabhupada sounded exciting, but I didn't know where it was, so Prabhupada explained that it is just on the corner of the road to Kesi-ghata as it bends around the Maharaja of Bharatpura's huge palace.
Reference: A Transcendental Diary Volume 5 - Hari Sauri Dasa
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