New Temple Under Way in Fiji

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.