Boom & Boom
New Delhi, India
Things are booming in India. I dare say much about the economy since I have little detail but spiritually Krishna Consciousness is growing. Today I attended the Shilanyas (corner stone ceremony) for the 6th temple in the city. Mind you, there are hundreds of Hindu temples but this is the 6th Hare Krishna (ISKCON) community. In attendance were Gopal Krishna Goswami, Prahladananda Swami, Hanumat Prasaka Swami and my humble self.
There were elaborate ceremonies including a go-puja, worship of the cow (a real one) while her bull calf was suckling from her. The actual location is a district in Delhi called Rohini with population 1 million. Many educational institutions are established in the immediate area. This is all good.
After the event Gopal Krishna Goswami, the main spearhead behind this new project, kindly escorted Prahladananda and I to another section of town, Punjabi Bagh, where a new Krishna Bakery was opened. The three of us monks held scissors and snipped the ribbon for its new business hours. All forty items for sale in this new shop are prasadam (sanctified food). And naturally there was chanting during the ribbon cutting.
I give you the reports not only to let you know of my adventures but also to inform you that despite the advances of mundane capitalism and consumerism, spirituality is also percolating. That's worth noting.
Walking is part of the report. I was just pacing back and forth in front of the Sant Nagar temple and it amounted to 5 km for sure over a two hour period.
5 Km
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