Chapter 6: A Prayer Fulfilled – Yamuna Devi’s India Sojourn, India 1970–1972
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- India via Egypt Through Perils Unknown
- The World Sankirtan Party in Bombay—“Welcome to India”
- Srila Prabhupada—“Startling India with Kirtan”
- Seeing Harinam Sankirtan Act on the Hearts of Others
- Srila Prabhupada’s Sankirtan Mission Rocks Bombay
- “Every Town and Village”—The World Sankirtan Party in India
- First Sight of the Holy Dhama—With Srila Prabhupada on the Frontier Mail
- Srila Prabhupada’s Tireless Preaching in Amritsar
- A Reluctant Yamuna Devi Gives Srimad-Bhagavatam Class in Amritsar
- The Golden Temple—“This is How to Distribute Prasadam”
- Visit to Maharaja Baladeva Indra Singh
- Rama Tirtha and Yamuna’s Reflections on Prabhupada in Amritsar
- The Punjab Mail to Delhi
- My Guru Has Asked for Rice—“No” Is Not an Option
- An Unexpected Detour in Delhi
- Making New Friends and Life Members
- A Cordial First Meeting with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
- Problems at Bury Place—“Be Prepared to Return to London”
- The Key to the Spiritual Universe—Yamuna Devi in Vrindavan Dhama
- Yamuna’s Later Reflections on the Radha-Damodara Temple
- Vrindavan—“Everything Is Simple and Uncomplicated”
- Intrigues with the Maharaja of Bharatpur and the Palace at Keshi Ghat
- Srila Prabhupada Takes the World Sankirtan Party to Indore
- Prabhupada Begins His Discourses on the Life of Ajamila
- He Teaches by Example—Srila Prabhupada with Maharaja and Maharani Holkar
- Surat—“One God, Krishna; One Mantra, Hare Krishna”
- Sankirtan in Surat—“Prabhupada Appeared As if He Were the Rising Sunlight”
- The Palm Tree and the Mudras
- Yamuna Expresses the First “Stirrings of Dissatisfaction”
- Notes from Yamuna’s Journal in Surat
- A Short Bombay Stopover
- The Pomegranate Juice Pastime
- Ardha Kumbha Mela in Allahabad
- Yamuna’s Description of the Mela—“An Ocean of Tents”
- Bathing in the Triveni and Mangal Arati with Srila Prabhupada
- Mela Kirtans and Nagar Sankirtan
- Yamuna Learns About Vani and Vapu— “I am Speaking Because You Want to Hear”
- Sri Sri Radha-Madhava and Worship at the Mela
- Prasadam and Other Challenges in the Tent City
- Outside Darshans and Programs with Srila Prabhupada
- Visit with Srila Prabhupada to the Rupa Gaudiya Math
- ISKCON’s First Temple in Bombay—February Through April 1971
- Yamuna’s Deity Preparations for the Cross Maidan Pandal
- The Cross Maidan Festival—“Bhagavat Dharma Discourses: A Hare Krishna Festival”
- “Hari Hari Biphale” with Srila Prabhupada
- Lessons from Srila Prabhupada on Chanting Japa
- Notes from Yamuna’s Journal
- On to Other Services—Delhi and Calcutta, 1971
- “Make Me Dance As You Like”—The Austerity of Constant Uncertainty, 1971
- Delhi Stopover—End of April, 1971
- Calcutta and the Chowringhee Maidan Pandal
- “You Must Teach Others What I Have Taught You”
- Yamuna’s Vyasa Puja Homage from Calcutta, 1971
- Yamuna and Guru das Return to New Delhi and Vrindavan—Summer of 1971
- An Unforgettable Visit in Vrindavan with Giriraja das’s Parents
- More Travels in the Fall of 1971—Delhi, Vrindavan and Calcutta
- Calcutta Temple Difficulties—“Our Real Business is to Hear and Chant About Krishna”
- Yamuna Remembers Srila Prabhupada’s Childhood Home and Deities
- The Second Calcutta Pandal at Deshapriya Park
- The First Delhi Pandal—November 14 through November 24, 1971
- Beautiful Sri Sri Radha-Gokulananda at the Delhi Pandal
- Yamuna’s Bout with Jaundice Brings Unexpected Blessings from Srila Prabhupada
- Yamuna’s First Pilgrimage to Vraja Mandala with Srila Prabhupada
- An Early Morning Japa Walk to Radha-Damodar Mandir
- Yamuna’s Prayer for Srila Prabhupada’s Mercy in Vrindavan
- The Jaipur Pandal and the Beautiful Face of Govinda, 1972
- A Short History of Sri Govindaji
- The Looting Langurs
- Srila Prabhupada’s Instructions to Yamuna in Jaipur on Deity Worship
- Srila Prabhupada’s Instructions to Yamuma in Jaipur on Cooking
- Yamuna’s Reflections on How Srila Prabhupada Interacted with Others
- Learning Vaishnava Etiquette with Srila Prabhupada in Madras and Visakhapatnam
- Mr. Balu Hosts Srila Prabhupada and the Sankirtan Party in Madras
- A Glorious Afterward to the Balu Deity Story—Srimati Radharani’s Youthful Face
- Yamuna’s Appreciation for South Indian Cuisine
- A Godbrother Controversy and a Life-Changing Revelation for Yamuna
- “You are Not a Woman, You are a Vaishnava”
- “Where is Krishna?”—A Loving Exchange and a Lesson on Separation
- Notes from Yamuna’s Journal
- Visakhapatnam—A Meeting with Srila Prabhupada’s Godbrother
- A Pilgrimage to Sri Simhachalam
- Srila Prabhupada and the Champa Story
- Mayapur and the Cornerstone-Laying Ceremony: February-March, 1972
- A Short History of Srila Prabhupada’s Mayapur Vision
- Srila Prabhupada Brings His Western Devotees to Mayapur
- ISKCON’s First Mayapur Gaura Purnima Festival
- The Cornerstone-Laying Ceremony
- Srila Prabhupada’s Exalted Sister Pishima
- Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers—A Mayapur Epiphany
- Sri Sri Radha-Madhava
- A Pilgrimage with Prabhupada to Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s Birthplace in Birnagar
- A Short Stop in Calcutta, Then on to Vrindavan
- Yamuna’s Letter to Srila Prabhupada on Leaving Calcutta