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<div class="code">711205R2-DELHI - December 05, 1971 - 04:38 Minutes</div>


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(in car)

'''Gurudāsa:''' The old gate?

'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. This is a gate.

(break) . . . petroleum, and old car also.

(break) . . . headquarters for officers. (break)

'''Gurudāsa:''' Yes.

'''Prabhupāda:''' Secretaries.

'''Gurudāsa:''' Ministers and . . .

'''Prabhupāda:''' Secretaries.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Prabhupāda, that is the Prime Minister's house, isn't it, Gurudāsa?

'''Gurudāsa:''' No. Home Minister.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Hunger strike.

'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . (indistinct)

'''Gurudāsa:''' Prime Minister is not there.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Oh, whoever it is, they're having a hunger strike. His . . . (break)

'''Gurudāsa:''' Here's Jagjivan Ram's house over here. The Minister of Defense lives here.

'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh.

'''Gurudāsa:''' Minister of Defense. (break) Central Secretary.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Very impressive.

'''Prabhupāda:''' That is Parliament.

'''Gurudāsa:''' Yes.

'''Prabhupāda:''' And in front, Rashtrapati Bhavan.

'''Gurudāsa:''' Yes.

'''Prabhupāda:''' That is India Gate.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Very impressive, Prabhupāda.

'''Prabhupāda:''' This is British design.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' The British built these buildings.

'''Gurudāsa:''' Except that building. That building, J. M. Jolly built. That building, Mr. Jolly from Bombay built that. Adyar Bhavan.

'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh.

'''Gurudāsa:''' Indians could never build such buildings.

'''Prabhupāda:''' Their style is different. Just like temples.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Yes.

'''Prabhupāda:''' Gorgeous temples. That's a different style.

'''Devotee:''' Yes.

'''Prabhupāda:''' This style is European style.

'''Gurudāsa:''' Grecian.

'''Prabhupāda:''' Grecian.

'''Gurudāsa:''' Greece.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Oh. Greece, Grecian.

'''Prabhupāda:''' Hah. European culture means Greece and Roman.

'''Gurudāsa:''' It's called Doric.

'''Prabhupāda:'''  Hah?

'''Gurudāsa:''' Doric.

'''Prabhupāda:''' Doric? Yes.

'''Gurudāsa:''' Śrīla Prabhupāda, should I try and arrange a meeting with the President?

'''Prabhupāda:''' (indistinct) . . . simply waste of time (break) We have got already . . . (indistinct) . . . here's a Sikh temple.

'''Devotee:''' Gurudvara.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Very nice.

'''Gurudāsa:''' But inside there's nothing. Inside there's . . . (indistinct)

'''Prabhupāda:''' Nobody goes inside.

'''Gurudāsa:''' Oh. (laughs)

'''Prabhupāda:''' Everyone is satisfied by . . . (indistinct) . . . (laughter)

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Why can't we get land like that and build something like that in Delhi?

'''Prabhupāda:''' It is very conspicuous.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Looks like marble.

'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. That you can do with white cement.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' White cement?

'''Prabhupāda:''' White cement, maybe. White cement.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' People will know we are pretending.

'''Prabhupāda:''' No, white cement is used now. You plaster with white cement, it becomes almost like marble.

'''Gurudāsa:''' Nara-Nārāyaṇa said he could reproduce that sandstone, red sandstone, in cement also.

'''Prabhupāda:''' Sandstone?

'''Gurudāsa:''' Like that palace in Govardhana?

'''Prabhupāda:''' Aha.

'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Like the government buildings. That's sandstone.

'''Prabhupāda:''' Sandstone, yes.

'''Devotee:''' That's sandstone.

'''Prabhupāda:''' (indistinct) . . . (laughs) This is the fashion, to take the wife to the backside, and as soon as the ''sārī'' is entangled in the spokes . . . dangerous.

'''Gurudāsa:''' (laughs) (break) (end)