Vrndavana, India
Ten Of Us
Ten of us drove down the smooth Yamuna Expressway to Vrndavan. https://www.instagram.com/p/BvG3yrrgEKu/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=n3ekjhgspjo1 Vrndavan is special. It is meant to be home. Yet there's one thing that strikes my mind when I come here: "I wish I could clean it up."
What is it about this place that could use a make-over? Despite it being Krishna's place, there is a complacency about tidiness. If we really love Krishna then we will see to it as being like a temple. There are gorgeous destinations, however, like the grounds of the Krishna Balarama Temple, the residential area of Mayapur Vrndavan Trust, the ISKCON Goshala—where samadhi tombs of friends passed-on are located, such as Purnachandra, Yamuna, Brahmananda, Gunagrahi—and the house where Connor and I are staying. The home of Shyam Gopal is on the outskirts of hustle and bustle. Great landscaping!
I also got to meet the first Dutch-disciple of our Guru, Prabhupada. We lunched with him. He joined in 1970 and became a good gardener himself. In fact he maintains the grounds really well.
It is Holi time and I see ‘Holied’ people covered in colour. There was also a Holi-cow or two. No one is spared of the powdered stuff, but somehow Connor and I got through the streets of Loi Bazaar clean, when we went to put in an order with a cloth merchant, Haridas, at Yamuna Store. It is through this venue that I secured my monk robes for the year—cotton material with three pieces per set.
My highlight or colourful spot of the day was prayers offered to my friends now gone, who are actually here.
May the Source be with you!
3 km
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