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Sant Nagar, Delhi
16 February 2003

Yesterday I went to Sri Vrndavana Dhama for Lord Nityananda's appearance day.
I left with Haritasva das from Sweden (Madhu Puri was too ill to go) at 7:00 AM by rented auto. We arrived at 10:00 AM, just in time for the abhisheka. I was invited to bathe the utsava murtis of Sri-Sri Gaura-Nitai by a pujari whom I've known for many years.
Then I visited Srila Prabhupada at his rooms at Radha-Damodara temple. Prabhupada said he eternally
resides there, and I personally find him most accessible here, more than other places where he is present (his samadhi mandiras, for example). Then I took bath in the Yamuna.
I visited the MVT flat of my dear Godbrother Brahmananda Prabhu. Who should let me in the door but
another dear Godbrother, Jagajivan Prabhu, whom I've not seen for fifteen years or so. We had a nice talk
for half an hour, then Jagajivan Prabhu went to visit Prthu Prabhu at the hospital. He'd been gored by a cow a few days before. That's a very dangerous sort of injury, so I hope Prthu Prabhu recovers without complications.

Brahmananda Prabhu and I had lunch together. Then I visited his brother Gargamuni Prabhu at his office
across the street. Finally it was time to catch the auto back to Dehli.
Today Madhu Puri and I take the Raj Dhani Express to Calcutta. Earlier I'd stated he'd fly to Sweden, but
that is changed now. A long story.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

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