730513 - Letter to Bhavananda written from Los Angeles

Letters by Date, 1973

Letter to Bhavananda Goswami Maharaj

Tridandi Goswami
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

camp:   Los Angeles
           3764 Watseka Ave
           Los Angeles, Calif.
date:   May 13, 1973

My dear Bhavananda Goswami Maharaj,
Please accept my blessings. Since I posted my last letter to you and Jayapataka Maharaj, jointly it has been decided that I'm returning to India by the 22nd or 23rd of this month. I think you have already been informed by Karandhar Prabhu. The reason is my health is broken down.
Last time when I was in Calcutta, the great ayurvedic physician Bimalananda Tarkatirtha felt my pulse and he said there is something very wrong within me but I left the next day. Unfortunately since I have come to the Western countries beginning from Zurich (Switzerland) then to New York then Los Angeles, everywhere the climate is not at all suitable for me. I have received one letter from Madhavananda who was instructed by the physician that I should come back to India immediately. So I am coming back, and I will stay at Mayapur. Last time when I was there I left with you some instruction namely fixing the closet doors, iron bars on the windows and I hope you have these all finished by this time as well as the toilet facilities. I was pleased to learn from Madhavananda that he collected Rs. 42,000/. in one month for Mayapur construction. I hope things are going on nicely without any scarcity of money.

Hoping this meets you in good health. More when we meet.
Your ever well wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

His Holiness Bhavananda Goswami
Mayapur ISKCON International center at
Lord Caitanya`s birthplace
P.O. Sree Mayapur Dham
Mayapur (Dist. Nadia) W. Bengal
INDIA


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