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Biography A- uncompromising appearance at New York Harbour

27 September
On September 19th, the Jaladuta sailed into New York Harbour and docked at a Brooklyn Pier at Seventeenth Street. Bhaktivedanta Swami saw the awesome Manhattan skyline, the Empire State Building, and like many millions of visitors and immigrants in the past, the Statue of Liberty. He was dressed appropriately as a resident of Vrindaban. He wore kanthi-mala and a simple cotton dhoti. He carried a japa-mala and an old chaddar. His complexion was golden, his head shaven, shikha in the back, his forehead decorated with the Vaishnava tilaka. He wore pointed white rubber slippers, not uncommon for sadhus from India. He was possibly the first Vaishnava sannyasi to arrive in New York with uncompromised appearance.


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Biography A- uncompromising appearance at New York Harbour Biography A- uncompromising appearance at New York Harbour Reviewed by Hare Krishna Devotees of Iskcon on 27 September Rating: 5

A view of Boston's commercial area

27 September
Bhaktivedanta Swami had to pass through immigration and customs in Boston. His visa allowed him a three-month stay. Captain Pandia invited Bhaktivedanta Swami to take a walk into Boston, where the captain intended to do some shopping. They walked across a footbridge into a busy commercial area with old warehouses, office buildings, bars, tawdry bookshops, nightclubs and restaurants. Bhaktivedanta Swami wrote a poem that he titled Markine Bhagavata-dharma - Teaching Krishna consciousness in America, in which he said, "…but I do not know why You have brought me here…But I guess You have some business here, otherwise why would You bring me to this terrible place?"


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Thoughts of acceptance by America for Krishna Consciousness movement began

27 September
After a thirty-five-day journey from Calcutta, the Jaladuta reached Boston's Commonwealth Pier at 5:30 A.M. on September 17, 1965, to stop there briefly before proceeding to New York City. Srila Prabhupada was wondering how the people of America would accept the Krishna consciousness movement.


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Indeed it was Lord's Mercy for a calm Atlantic crossing

27 September
During the voyage, Bhaktivedanta Swami sometimes stood on deck at the ship's rail, watching the ocean and sky and thinking of Chaitanya Charityamrita', Vrindaban dhama and the order of his spiritual master to go preach in the West. The ocean voyage of 1965 was a calm one for the Jaladuta. The captain said that never in his career had he seen such a calm Atlantic crossing. Bhaktivedanta Swami replied that the calmness was Lord Krishna's mercy.


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Fearfulness vanished after a dream of Lord Krishna

27 September
On the night of the second day, Bhaktivedanta Swami had a dream. Lord Krishna, in His many forms, was rowing a boat, and He told Bhaktivedanta Swami that he should not fear, but should come along. Bhaktivedanta Swami felt assured of Lord Krishna's protection and the violent attacks did not recur. The Jaladuta entered the Suez Canal on September 1 and the Swami visited the city of Port Sa'id with the captain.


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The painful sufferings during journey

27 September
By August 23rd the ship had put out to the Red Sea. The Swami suffered seasickness, dizziness, headache, no appetite and vomiting. The symptoms persisted but it was more than seasickness. The pains in his chest made him think he would die at any moment. In two days he suffered two heart attacks. He tolerated the difficulty, meditating on his mission, but after two days of such violent attacks he thought that if another were to come he would certainly not survive.


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A complimentary ticket of a regular cargo carrier

27 September
The Jaladuta, under the command of Captain Arun Pandia, whose wife was also aboard, left at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, August 13, 1965. It was a regular cargo carrier of the Scindia Steamship Company but had one passenger cabin aboard which was occupied during the voyage from Kolkata to New York in August and September 1865, by Sri Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami, whose age was listed as 69, and who was taken on board bearing "a complimentary ticket with food."


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Prayer to Guru before his departure for America

27 September
A week before his departure for America, Bhaktivedanta Swami travelled to Mayapur to visit the samadhi of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati. He prayed for his spiritual master's blessings and requested him to pray that Krishna protect him.


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Personal interview with Mrs morarji

27 September
Bhaktivedanta Swami, however, was fixed on going. When a subsequent appeal through Mr. Choksi did not convince Mrs Morarji, the Swami demanded a personal interview with her. It was granted and the Swami presented his emphatic request. He was unstoppable and finally Mrs. Morarji agreed to send him on one of their ships.


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Request through Mr choksei to sumati morarji to send him to USA in 1965

27 September
By 1965 Bhaktivedanta Swami had published the third and final part of the first canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. To pursue his goal of travelling to preach in the West, he requested Sumati Morarji, the head of the Scindia Steamship Company, who had given him a large contribution for printing Volume One of the Bhagavatam, to send him on a Scindia ship to the USA. This request was made through her secretary, Mr. Choksi. Mrs Sumati Morarji said he was too old and that it was better he remained in India and complete the Srimad Bhagavatam.


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Request through Mr choksei to sumati morarji to send him to USA in 1965 Request through Mr choksei to sumati morarji to send him to USA in 1965 Reviewed by Hare Krishna Devotees of Iskcon on 27 September Rating: 5
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