-- S rila P rabhupada on M ayapur --
Tamäl Kåñëa Mahäräja suggested that by charging a rupee per person for the escalator rides alone, most of the maintenance costs could be cov- ered. In the evening Saurabha prabhu showed Prabhupäda the prelimi- nary plans for the new temple. He estimates the cost will be at least eighty crores of rupees ($80 million). Saurabha’s drawings revealed magnificent plans for an entire city, centered around a huge temple structure. It will be surrounded by satellite temples, a gurukula campus, a commercial area, bathing ghäöas, and other facilities. The whole area will be protected from flooding by a latticework of canals. The main feature is to be a gigantic planetarium within the dome of the main temple. Çréla Prabhupäda was extremely enthusiastic about the plans. He wants the Planetarium to demonstrate the Vedic alternative to modern scientif- ic cosmological propaganda, illustrating the structure of the universe as described in the Çrémad-Bhägavatam. Impressed with Saurabha’s work, Prabhupäda suggested that the plans be presented to the state govern- ment with an application for official acquisition of the land we require. Prabhupäda always thinks big; he even suggested that we try to get them to relocate Calcutta’s Dum Dum airport nearby. For Prabhupäda no vision is impossible, because it is for Kåñëa.
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