Completed morning program.Visited Bhaktivedant Manor Hare Krishna Hare Ram temple at Aldenham near Watford, Herts, after an hour's journey by train from Wimbledon to Radlett and by taxi therefrom to the temple. It is situated in an area of 78 acres and is the biggest ISCON temple of Europe. It is managed by a group of local devotees. About a thousand come to the temple daily and 4 to 5 thousand on weekends. The nearby areas are inhabited by Jews who came from Germany with lot of money, received as compensation and settled here. 4 Artis take place during the day. 
We attended 4.20 pm Arti. Prasad is distributed after each Arti, all prepared in the temple. Bhajans go on intermittently. There is a small canteen where you can have tea/coffee and frugal lunch/dinner. In fact after taking Prasad, you do not feel like taking anything else. It is delicious and filling.There is a Gaushala which gives enough milk for use in the temple. It has 38 cows. The idols of Radha Krishna, Ram Lakshman Sita with Hanuman are superb and looked exquisite on a well-lit podium. We returned by 8 pm. The sun was still shining bright. Ruchi had dropped and Pilku received us at Wimbleon railway station. Retired to sleep at 10 pm.
We attended 4.20 pm Arti. Prasad is distributed after each Arti, all prepared in the temple. Bhajans go on intermittently. There is a small canteen where you can have tea/coffee and frugal lunch/dinner. In fact after taking Prasad, you do not feel like taking anything else. It is delicious and filling.There is a Gaushala which gives enough milk for use in the temple. It has 38 cows. The idols of Radha Krishna, Ram Lakshman Sita with Hanuman are superb and looked exquisite on a well-lit podium. We returned by 8 pm. The sun was still shining bright. Ruchi had dropped and Pilku received us at Wimbleon railway station. Retired to sleep at 10 pm.
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