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Although Śrīla Prabhupāda did no Christmas shopping, he visited many bookstores – Orientalia, Sam Weiser’s, Doubleday, the Paragon, and others …

Mrs. Ferber: Every time he came he would ask for a glass of water. If a customer would make such …

Once Prabhupāda was talking with Mrs. Ferber about Indian cuisine, and she mentioned that she especially liked samosās. The next …

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Harvey Cohen came often to room 501 to visit the swami who had so impressed him at Ananda Ashram.

Harvey: The room he occupied was a tiny office in the back of the Yoga Society in uptown Manhattan. I …

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January 11, 1966 Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri died of a heart attack while visiting Russia. The prime minister had …

January 14 Prabhupāda decided to write to the owner of the building, Mr. A. M. Hartman. He explained how his …

Now the Prime Minister, Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri, is suddenly dead, and I am greatly perplexed. … As there is …

If I can start the institution immediately, certainly I shall be able to get sympathy locally, and in that case …

A. M. Hartman wasn’t interested.

On the same day he wrote Mr. Hartman, Prabhupāda received a letter from Sir Padampat Singhania, the director of the …

My dear Swamiji, I have gone through your letter. I am very glad to note your idea of erecting a …

1. We have got to send foreign exchange for building the temple, for which Government sanction is required. Without the …

2. I doubt whether with this small amount of Rs. 7 lakhs [$110,000.00] a temple can be built in New …

These are the two main difficulties, otherwise, your idea is very good.

Śrīla Prabhupāda and Mr. Singhania had a basic disagreement. A magnificent Indian temple in New York would cost many millions …

Lord Dwarkadish exhibited His opulence at Dwarka with 16,000 queens, and it is understood that He built a palace for …