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Kolhapur, Maharastra, India
13 April 2004

Preaching Programs:
Kolhapur Bar Association
Kolhapur Police Department

On the afternoon of 12 April I gave a talk to the Bar Association (the lawyer's guild) of Kohlapur. Here Vrndavana Ananda Prabhu and I are seated with Mr. Deshmukh, the head judge of civil and session court for Kolhapur District.

These Indian lawyers, I have to say, were a tougher audience than most people I've preached to in this country. But at the end they were satisfied.

The next morning we went to the Srinivasa Mandapam to speak to assembled members of the Kolhapur Police Force, headed by District Police Commissioner Padmanabham.

The Srinivasa Mandapam is dedicated to Lord Srinivasa (Venkateswara), who presides over the place in this form of wood.

The program was conducted in an upstairs conference hall.

The subject was Stress Management. First Vrndavan Ananda lead the group in chanting the mahamantra in meditative style to demonstrate its effectiveness as a stress reliever.

I spoke afterwards, taking the audience from the "how" of chanting to the "why."

The program with the police was a great success! Many books were sold and several policemen came forward to express their personal interest in Krsna consciousness. Truly, so far it is only in India that we see clear evidence that ISKCON can in coming years become a influential force in society.

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