A late start today

It was a late start for me today. I didn't get up until 4am because I came back at 8:30pm and was very exhausted from Ratha Yatra. I went to bed a little after 9pm.

Mondays are easy days for me at the temple although this morning I was pretty busy. I was able to squeeze in three rounds in before Mangal Aarti. Then at 5:45am I went to take care of Tulasi to pick Her leaves and give Her a bath. I was able to put in 8 rounds before the Deity Greeting. I still have 8 more rounds to finish this afternoon. So I can do that while I do my laundry. I also cleaned Tulasi's room upstairs and watered Her as well and then I had to go pick some flowers to make Prahlad Maharaj's and Lord Nrsimhadeva's garland. I was finished with my service around 12:30pm. So I have the afternoon free to finish my rounds and read Srila Prabhupada's books. Dayal had also kept insisting that i read Prabhupada's books so I will continue  to do that this afternoon.

I had a nice lunch this afternoon. I always sit with Sudevi. Malakini was also there.  For lunch we had rice and dahl some kind of subji that i didn't eat because of the spices and there was salad. So I just had rice and dahl and salad. Wednesday is pasta day here in New Vrndavan that's when I load up my plate with prasadam lol!

This evening I have to transfer the Deity plates so that the devotees can have Maha Prasadam at 7pm and then at 7:35 I do Aarti for Tulasi and read Her the Krishna book and put Her to bed. :)

So that's pretty much my schedule for today. Hare Krishna.

Columbus Ohio Ratha Yatra Oct. 10th 2010

Yesterday I went to Columbus Ohio for another annual Ratha Yatra. There were a lot of people there. I handed out books and prasadam. It was something that Srila Prabhupada wanted devotees to do. I ran out of book and prasadam very quickly. But at least the people got benefit out of it.


Two of my Cleveland devotee friends Konstintine and Akilananda das were there. I got my picture taken with them before we left. Before we headed home we made a stop at the Columbus Ohio Hare Krishna Temple. It was very beautiful. It was actually in a large house. Their Deities were very pretty. I took pictures of Them as well. Their Tulasi is also really big. They had two of them on their altar.

I also called Dayal on the phone and talked to him. I told him that I missed his association at Ratha Yatra. I also prayed to Lord Jaggahnath for Dayal too since he was unable to come. But I know I'll get to see him again soon.