Day 3: "Resting Day"

Today was supposed to be a resting day, but of course it didn't quite turn out that way. We had breakfast again, (another big, opulent kindof meal), and after breakfast Yamuna and I were going to look at the deity outfits ( to get some ideas for the outfits we wanted to make) and finish the museum. But some devotee lady came in, and talked to Yamuna for about 3 hours. I checked my email and did a few other things, and when the lady finally left, Yamuna went to check her email.

So me and Dina finished looking at the museum, which was quite nice, although some parts were still kind of intense, with the lights, and sound. For some of the shows you would stand in a completely dark room and then one part of it would light up on a picture or diorama or sculpture, and there would be some narration for the story. They did the Mahabharata that way, but it was annoying because they got the story all mixed up, and you never knew where to look or stand because it would light up behind you, in front of you, or on the side, or in the corner. But most of it was really nice, with some beautiful paintings and dioramas. They had an exhibition on the Ramayana, mostly just paintings, and the Srimad Bhagavatam ( mostly dioramas).

After lunch Yamuna and I went to see the deity outfits. That was pretty fun, going up to the pujari room and looking at all the outfits, something I always dreamed of doing as a kid..hehehe.. and still dream of doing. But the pujari room was a little depressing, it felt like it was in the attic or something, all dark, and uncozy. After that we were supposed to take a nap, but I had to go get all the money we just transferred and that took some time, and then I had to bring it all back and count it and divide it up, make sure it was all there. You wouldn't believe how many rupees I was carrying! It looked like I had just robbed a bank or something. It wasn't very far from the temple office to our guest room, but I was so petrified the whole way that some Indian would know and rob me, and then be set for life.

I had about 10 minutes after that, to get ready and then go to the auditorium, because they had asked Yamuna and Dina to speak to the devotees there. Poor Yamuna and Dina, they don't like speaking in public at all, and this was a full auditorium, plus the subject that they were supposed to speak on was book distribution. Yamuna was like "I've never distributed a book in my life!", and Dina was like" I am the worst book distributor ever." They even had to go sit on a big stage with these huge lights right in their face the whole time, and for some reason they gave Dina the big seat and Yamuna the little seat. But I thought their talk was great. Of course someone wanted Yamuna to sing the Govindam prayers, and after the whole talk Yamuna was stuck outside talking to one person after another after another. At one time she even had a whole line of kids just wanting to get her autograph, and this was at about 9:30 at night, after a full day of no rest. By the time we got back to the rooms, we were so exhausted.

We were thinking of doing some shopping the next day, but found out that most places would be closed, and after our resting day we decided it would be better if we just went straight to Vrindavan first thing in the morning.