So today the other garlands were offered. Gardenias, roses and carnations all held better than the ones yesterday would have. The dress took us very far away today with it's dragon flies, lotus flowers and water color designs we were in Bengal for most of the day, like magic.
Many pedalers out today. i don't know what the occasion was. They all headed toward the valley of the silicon chip. Didn't appear to be an organized event just lots of them. Meanwhile i just went up the road and made the loop back to the asrama for waking the Deities. Then i did a more familiar route past the post office and the football field. Making my return from the buttery past the school and the peach garden. Then by the harbor to the tennis courts. From there i went past a "soccer pitch" up to a lovers lane then turning to the asrama to get back in plenty of time for the sandhya this evening.
In the ninth this evening the Deities completed a big day which saw an offering of honey collected from the bee hives on their land along with a small celebration at noon for the departed and in the evening a speech about the vaisnava thakurs that left today and how they made some of their mark.