Radha Krishna Temple ISKCON London

 …Kulasekhara is now producing Bribasi Spirit, a magazine about New Vrindavan. Advance copies are sent to His Divine Grace and the last issue came while we were in Hawaii. Kulasekhara bore the latest, which he laid on Srila Prabhupada’s desk.

It featured a beautiful picture of Sri Sri Radha- Vrindavancandra, the Deities of the original New Vrindavan farm. Seeing them on the cover, Prabhupada asked Kirtananda Swami to make arrangements for him to go to the old farmhouse. Kulasekhara prabhu expressed his feeling that the main Deities of New Vrindavan, Sri Sri Radha- Vrindavancandra, were even more beautiful than Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara, the first large Deities to be installed in the Society. But it seemed he had a partisan purpose, and wanted Prabhupada’s support.

     “Oh, yes” Srila Prabhupada readily agreed. But it was clear he said it more to maintain Kulasekhara’s enthusiasm rather than from his own conviction, because he then immediately modified it.

    “London differently. Vrindavancandra is village beauty, and He is London beauty. He’s town beauty”.

   Encouraged, Kulaskhara pursued his line of thought.

    “I have not seen more beautiful anywhere than Radha- Vrindavancandra. The jewelry…”

     “No,” Prabhupada told him evenly.

     “Every one is beautiful; but everyone praises our London Deity”

     “They have not seen yet Radha-Vrindavancandra” Kirtananda Maharaja suggested.

      Prabhupada smiled, but wouldn’t be drawn.

“No, they have seen the Picture”

  A Transcendental Diary Vol 3. Hari Sauri Dasa