Hema Malini and Srila Prabhupada’s books
Hema Malini, the famed dancer from India, visited the ISKCON Los Angeles temple over the last weekend in June (this year, 2016), and I was reminded of when she and I were together on the stage of the ISKCON auditorium in Juhu, Mumbai. It was a December, during the book-distribution marathon.
After her performance I asked the members of the audience to come forward to purchase sets of Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad-Bhagavatam and Sri Caitanya-caritamra, at concessional rates. The response was slow, so I leaned over and asked her whether I could announce that she will autograph one book from each set, and she kindly agreed. After the announcement, people jumped out of their seats and rushed toward the stage, standing in long queues to get their sets of Srila Prabhupada’s books. I thought, “This is the proper use of her name and fame: to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books.”
Giriraja Swami
