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20A4 at I lpm. I had given Bhakti.Pdrusottom Maha, raja my final guarantee that we wiiuld be leaving on ]anuary 27th, one of the many previous "finishing dates", but as so often may happen we could not just dictate when and how the Deities are to be ready. It simply took the time that it had to take despite anxious enquiries {rom leaders and devotees around the world. The fact was the amazing beauty of these Deities became more and more manifest as the work progressed to the final finish. All I could do was to keep everyone in{ormed of the details while the Deities apparently sculptured themselves. The truck left the compound o{ the Stapathi at 6 PM, the calculated auspicious time. It first carried the Deities to the Sri Swaminathar Swami temple, the main temple in town, where it circumambulated the temple and came to a resting spot on the main highway. Meanwhile, I was arranging the final papers and accounts to enable us to leave. By 11pm we were on the highway leading to Chennai. It was a rough road and soon I realized hgw experi, enced and professional the drivers were. Our sankirtan van, with I devotees, blaring the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra followed in tow, stopping only {oi changing the tape. r-:-

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