Yet he took it as Krsna’s desire. He said he would invite a prominent Vaisnava to officiate, or he might do it him- self. “On the whole,” he wrote, “it was Lord Caitanya’s desire that a Vaisnava shall lay down the cornerstone instead of asking some material man or woman to per- form the holy work.” The monsoons came, and the Ganges spilled over her banks, flooding the entire ISKCON Mayapur property. Acyutananda Swami had built a straw and bamboo hut where Prabhupada was soon to stay, but the waters rose until Acyutananda Swami had to live in the bamboo rafters.HewrotePrabhupada that had it not been for Bhaktisiddhanta Road the damage would have been extensive. Prabhupada replied, “Yes, we were saved by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Road. We shall always expect to be saved by His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj Prabhupada. Always pray to His Lotus Feet. Whatever success we have had in preaching Lord Caitanya’s mission all over the world is only due to His mercy.”
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