September 2008
(by Ishani d.d.)

Hare Krishna, dear God brothers and sisters!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to our beloved spiritual master!

I’d like to make a short review of Guru Maharaja’s trip around Russia. More information will be available later in the “Lava-matra” magazine.

On September, 9 Guru Maharaja came by plane from India to begin his South Russian and Ukrainian tours. The plane arrived at 7 a.m. It was a working day and also the time when everybody goes to work. The main highway and all the bypasses were completely stocked with cars, so instead of usual 30 minutes Guru Maharaja had to go to the apartment for 3.5 hours! You’ve probably heard that there’s no temple in Moscow for the time being. The devotees were given a temporary accommodation. Bhakti Vijnana Goswami Maharaja pointed out that this “temporary” accommodation became a “permanent” one, therefore the devotees decided not to wait till the new temple is built and to prepare it for the winter by warming and widening it. Moscow Deities Sri Sri Doyal Nitai Sacisuta moved to a room on the second floor for the period of repair. In the evening, before lecture, Guru Maharaja entered the room to bow down to Their Graces. The lecture was in the pandal. The autumn came, people were wearing windbreakers. Many people came to the lecture. Guru Maharaja wanted to give lecture the next day too. But then as it turned out his plane was departing from Domodedovo, the most far Moscow airport, And we had to get in time through Moscow’s traffic jams. So the lecture was cancelled.