TOVP Daily Tour Day 59 – Arrival in Laguna Beach, California, Home of America’s Pancha Tattva

On the afternoon of Saturday, May 9th we arrived in Laguna Beach, California where the Pancha Tattva have resided for over a quarter of a century. With little time available, we quickly got ready for our TOVP presentation as devotees started arriving during the Gaura arati.

The Temple President, Tukarama prabhu, introduced the TOVP Team, and Radha Jivana prabhu began the program talking about the TOVP and then gave the microphone over to Jananivas prabhu who elaborated on the glories of Mayapur Dhama and the TOVP project. The pledging began and practically every single devotee made a pledge, including Tukarama himself who pledged towards 2 Silver Gratitude Coins and 3 Nrsimha Tiles. The program concluded with almost $280,000 pledged. Prasadam was then served. That evening we departed for our next destination, the San Diego Temple, about 1½ hours away.