Tamala Krishna Goswami : In London, September of 1969, Prabhupada was about to get 7 Bury Place. He instructed us to install Radha Krishna Deities when the temple opened in December, but we didn’t have any Deities, and he didn’t ask for any Deities to be made in India. How are you supposed to find Radha and Krishna in London? Week after week went by. Prabhupada would call us and say, “Where are the Deities?” We said, “We don’t know where Radha and Krishna are.” Prabhupada said, “You have to have Deities.” Finally, miraculously, when we were practically giving up, Janaki got a phone call. Someone said, “We have Radha-Krishna Deities.” Immediately Mukunda and I went to this man’s house.
The man took us into his study and said, “I have marble Radha-Krishna Deities. Would you like to look at Them?” He took off the cloth, and we offered our obeisances. That was Radha-Londonisvara. And They were beautiful. We said, “Can we bring our spiritual master to see Them?” He said, “Yes, you can do so.” We raced out and immediately called Prabhupada’s apartment, “Prabhupada, we found Radha and Krishna.” Prabhupada immediately said, “Take me, I want to see Them.” So, Prabhupada, Mukunda, Shyamasundara, myself and maybe Guru Dasa went in the temple van.
By that time it was the early evening. Prabhupada started to talk with this Indian gentleman in a very friendly way. Finally, the man said, “Swamiji, don’t you want to see the Deities?” Prabhupada said, “Yes, we can see the Deities.” It was nonchalant, as if he was not even interested. The man said, “Swamiji, what do you think? Can you use the Deities?” Prabhupada said, “They look like They may be used.” The man said, “Well, I’m thinking I can give Them to you.” Prabhupada said, “Yes, we could accept Them.” He told us, “Go and see how heavy the Deities are.” Shyamasundara and I went over and I tilted Radharani and said, “Not very heavy,” although She was heavy. Shyamasundara had Krishna.
Prabhupada said, “All right, we’ll take Them now.” The man said, “Wait, wait, Swamiji, wait a moment.” Maybe he had an idea of recovering some of the cost. Prabhupada said, “No, no, it’s no problem. These are American boys, they’re very strong.” The man was protesting, “Swamiji, Swamiji, one minute.” We walked to the van and put Them in and we drove off. And when we got around the corner, Prabhupada said, “Stop the car.” We stopped, and Prabhupada said, “Take the cloth off the Deities.” We took the cloth off and, with tears in his eyes, Prabhupada started to sing the prayers from Brahma-Samhita. He then gravely said to the devotees, “Krishna is so kind that He has come to us like this.“
Reference: Srila Prabhupada Remembrances – DVD 11
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