Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: I was thinking that we could make a point to have many big festivals here each year, not just this one, but many.
Prabhupāda: Yes, at least three, four you can do. On Janmāṣṭamī, one; Gaura Pūrṇimā; for Śrī Rāma-navamī; and one, Ratha-yātrā.
Bali-mardana: We can do New York for the spring, summer and fall.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Bali-mardana: Because the weather is nice.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: That coincides. Rāma-navamī is spring, Ratha-yātrā is summer, and Janmāṣṭamī is fall.
Hari-śauri: Gaura Pūrṇimā would be a bit difficult, though. Everybody is in India.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: That's not possible.
Bali-mardana: We could do that inside.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But those three...
Prabhupāda: Janmāṣṭamī, take Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa procession.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: On carts?
Prabhupāda: No, on siṁhāsana, carried by hand.
Bali-mardana: Palanquin.
Prabhupāda: Palanquin; no, the siṁhāsana as it is. Just like this is siṁhāsana, two big poles down, and tie it with..., cut it with legs and carry, four men or eight men change. Change the soldiers.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But not on carts, not on big chariots.
Prabhupāda: No. Chariot, only Ratha-yātrā.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: We'll make a big advertisement. We'll call it "Fall Festival." This festival, we called it "Summer Festival." People respond to that. If you say Ratha-yātrā, they can't even pronounce the word. So we call it "Summer Festival," and they came.
Hari-śauri: "Summer Festival" sounds very attractive.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Everyone was saying, "Oh, that means for me, Summer Festival."
Hari-śauri: "Ecstasy Outdoors."
Prabhupāda: And Jayānanda should be congratulated. Yes. Give one letter, written. I...
Bali-mardana: The carts looked magnificent.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Two people worked the hardest Prabhupāda, Jayānanda and all of his assistants, and Toṣaṇa Kṛṣṇa. He did all of the publicity and advertisement.
Prabhupāda: They should be congratulated.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: These two men, they worked the hardest.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They worked for two months in a row, solid. The carts were very good, I think.
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes, very nice, very strong.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Because you gave him that warning. When he heard that, oh, he became very... "I must do it right." We told him, "Now you will have to be replaced. Prabhupāda has said that 'Jayānanda's wheels will never hold up.' So we have to find a replacement for you." So he took no chances.
Prabhupāda: San Francisco it also happened.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Seems to me that he must be a great devotee of Lord Jagannātha.
Prabhupāda: Same thing happened in London also.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Really? The legs, wheels.
Hari-śauri: That's why they gave difficulty, the authorities, because the wheels broke?
Prabhupāda: No, that is wrong idea.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes, that happened, though. I remember hearing about it. This Jayānanda, it seems, must be a very faithful devotee of Lord Jagannātha.
Prabhupāda: Now, where these things will be kept?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: In our garage. No problem. That's one of the advantages of our garage. It's one block away and it has ten thousand square foot of area, so we can store all the carts easily.
Hari-śauri: Good storage is very important.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: And one block away in Manhattan is very unusual.
Prabhupāda: Be careful that termite may not attack.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Hm. I'll make a note.
Bali-mardana: There are not many termites in New York. We are fortunate. In Hawaii there are many termites. But here you don't usually have to protect wood against termites. Here the wintertime kills them. It gets so cold.
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes, very cold.
Hari-śauri: That kills them.
Bali-mardana: Yes.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: There were devotees from Miami, Gainesville, Atlanta, Washington, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, Vancouver, South America—all over South America, I think. A gigantic turnout of devotees. Very international group.
Bali-mardana: This could be like Lord Caitanya used to invite all His devotees to come and see Him at Ratha-yātrā...
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Bali-mardana: Similarly, if you come here, we can invite...
Prabhupāda: I'll come.
Bali-mardana: ...from all the temples.
Prabhupāda: I'll come.
Bali-mardana: Then you do not have to travel so much.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: And we will make all arrangements. This year is nothing. Next year we will make ten times more arrangements if you come, Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: From anywhere, I'll come.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: We will make all arrangements for you.
Prabhupāda: Yes. That you do.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: This was only a trial.
Bali-mardana: We have to perfect it now. We have learned that many..., certain things did not go as perfectly as they could have, so now we are going to repair and make it perfect.
Prabhupāda: Now, by this, Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is advertised. Apart from all over the world, at least in New York it is, that "There is some movement."
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Prominent movement. Fifth Avenue. We were in charge of Fifth Avenue for one day. Practically we were controlling the Fifth Avenue today.
Hari-śauri: Lord Jagannātha was.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes.
Prabhupāda: If that side we get some small house, so that after going, eight days Jagannātha can remain there and festival going on, and then in the next week return...
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: How small a house?
Prabhupāda: Just to keep Jagannātha.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Well, there's your old storefront.
Prabhupāda: What?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: What about your old storefront, 26 Second Avenue?
Prabhupāda: That is too small.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Too small. I'll immediately get a house.
Prabhupāda: And then you can utilize it for other purposes during the whole year.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: No, we can keep a downtown center.
Bali-mardana: West Village.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: That's a first-class place for a center, the West Village. We can make many devotees there. We'll keep a small preaching center, maybe a restaurant, prasādam distribution.
Bali-mardana: We'll call it the Guṇḍicā center.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Guṇḍicā. We will call it Guṇḍicā.
Prabhupāda: Yes, Guṇḍicā.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: I think we should have a restaurant there, because a restaurant brings in a lot of people. No Deities. We won't install any Deities, just a preaching center, book distribution...
Prabhupāda: Yes, book distribution, restaurant, pictures...
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes, lectures three times a week.
Prabhupāda: Records, pictures, yes, like that.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Whew! I wish that you could stay here all the time, Prabhupāda, because you could give us so many ideas, and we would simply act on them. If somehow we could convince you to stay here... I wish there was a way. There is no way to keep you here.
Prabhupāda: No, I have no objection, but the others... (laughter)
Bali-mardana: Just like the Marwaris say, "Oh, I have no objection, but my brother, he may have objection."
Prabhupāda: They... Nobody has objection. Simply I am thinking that if I stay in one place and do not see the others...
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But this is a very central location.
Prabhupāda: That I shall consider.