On May 9,
Srila Prabhupada laid the cornerstone for a majestic temple in Lautoka, Fiji. The new facility will be known as the
Krsna-
Kaliya temple, in commemoration of Lord Krsna's pastime of punishing the great serpent Kaliya, during His advent five thousand years ago.
Before the ceremony, ISKCON devotees chanted Hare
Krsna and danced in a large procession through Lautoka's main street.
At the stone-laying ceremony, hundreds of leading Fijians (including Lautoka's Mayor
Hari Punja) listened attentively as
Srila Prabhupada explained what principles the
Krsna consciousness movement upholds, and how it is working to propagate those principles throughout the world.