Unity, Guyana
The K&K
The K & K Service Station off of the Coastal Road is the slickest gas station in the country. It's a landmark and also the weekend beer drinking and chicken finger - licking, cool place to be. It's right in the center of Guyana. Owned and managed by the Nauth family, they have everything to do with the fifth and final day of padayatra because today the family facility with a huge parking area became the sight for devotion.
We did the usual - kirtan on the setup stage, a truck that convert into a fold - out stage. Special guest speakers conveyed their message from there. Our drama "Little Big Ramayan" also made its appearance for a second night in a row. In attendance was (in my, estimation) six to seven hundred people who also partook in a free feast.
I met with the Nauth family. Nice folks. They were relaying what usually goes on. It's the big hang out place where music booms out from some of the fanciest cars around; where people make their connection with one another. They admit it was different this evening. By night's end, 11 pm when I chatted with them, they were impressed with our cleaning up the sight.
I was reminded of one thing our guru, Srila Prabhupada said, "First you be conscious, then you be Krishna conscious ." There is so much profundity in this statement. How can you be a saint if you are not at least pious and a good steward of the Earth?
The finale of the program was wild kirtan, dancing and additional djembe drumming, to provide a special flavour . The moon, almost full, shone on the sight with swift-moving clouds making it disappear at times.
The carpets were rolled up, so to speak. The sight will likely go back to the norm but weekenders will see the location as the spot where the monks took over for a day.
May the Source be with you!
2 KM
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