Voodoo Priest Gets the Mercy

In the evening, after a blissful day of book distribution in New Orleans's French Quarter, Raya Nitai Prabhu, Bhakta Steve and I were preparing to go on harinam. After we blew a conchshell to signify the beginning of harinam, a tall skinny man with a goatee, French beret, and long hair walked through a black gate from a dimly lit ally and approached us.

He asked, " Are you Hare Krishnas?"

We replied, "Yes."

He smiled and said, "That's wonderful! Tonight is the anniverssary of our head priest's passing away. Can you do a kirtan in his memory?"

It turns out that he was a voodoo priest and we were invited to his voodoo temple.

The walls were full of religious icons, pictures of saints and tribal statues including a murti of Lord Vishnu on Garuda.

There were several people in the temple, and they really enjoyed the kirtan. They were swaying back and forth. Raya Nitai lead a New Orleans style kirtana that got their emotions moving, and afterward we spoke a little about Krishna consciousness. They even purchased a hardbound Bhagavad- gita As It Is.

Lord Caitanya's movement is spreading to every town and village and hopefully every voodoo temple. Everyone gets the mercy.

Bhakta Vassilios

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Krishna Deva das August 30, 2010 at 9:03pm

jAI!
nilesh4peace August 30, 2010 at 10:48am

Hari bol,

jai srilla prabhupada
lalit singh August 30, 2010 at 10:10am

hari hari great news prabhu, this movememt will surely reach nook and corner as it has been predicted a long time back in vedas.

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