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Jagannatha Puri Sanctity Destroyed By Corrupt Pandas, Ratha-Yatra Ceremony Plagued By Mismanagement

📅 November 3, 1977 📍 Vrindavan ⏱ 22 min
Institutional corruption destroys sacred places, yet Lord Jagannatha eternally resides with His sincere devotees.
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Prabhupāda: Oh, they come to Bombay by car. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes. They drive from Bombay to Hyder... I've also done that driving.

Prabhupāda: Hmm? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Ten or eleven hours, I think. Long trip. Maybe even longer.

Prabhupāda: Why kīrtana stopped? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Kīrtana?

Prabhupāda: Hmm? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: It's just beginning again, Śrīla Prabhupāda. You like the kīrtana? For a few days we weren't having it.

Prabhupāda: Haṁsadūta was chanting. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: You want him to chant again? Should he chant some more?

Prabhupāda: I think so. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Okay. I think the reason that you haven't been having much kīrtana in the last two or three days is because Haṁsadūta and Baradrāj were not here. Isn't that it?

Hmm. Their kīrtana is very sweet. [break] Prabhupāda: ...Ratha-yātrā ceremony. Gaura-Govinda: At Ratha-yātrā Jagannātha came very late for Pāṇḍu-vijaya. It was first announced that it would take place at nine, but actually it took place at 4 p.m. Prabhupāda: Why? Gaura-Govinda: We heard that this year that new body...

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