Jan 102015
 

Srila-Prabhupada-and-Dr-Patel-on-Morning-Walk-at-Juhu-Beach-in-BombayGiriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.21 during a program at the house of Brijmohan Sethi.

“It just so happens that Srila Prabhupada saw the same Juhu Beach land many times before he went to America. In order to get passage to America, Srila Prabhupada approached Srimati Sumati Morarji of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company. She had a large bungalow on Juhu Beach. She was a devotee of Krishna, and in order to encourage her spiritually, Srila Prabhupada would visit her bungalow and read to her from Srimad-Bhagavatam. On the way he would pass Mr. Nair’s land, known as Nair Wadi. Srila Prabhupada thought that this would be a nice place to have a temple. So, we can see how powerful are the desires of a pure devotee. Several years later, when Srila Prabhupada returned to India from America with some of his American and European disciples, some of them met Mr. Nair, who offered them the same land.”

Program at Brijmohan Sethi’s House, Juhu, Mumbai