"When was this outfit offered?" one of the folks asked today. "Two years ago on Guru Maharaja's vyasa puja" i replied. "It looks like a Janmastami dress to me" It is rich and full, lots of layers of cloth. Mahaprabhu has a sash, vest and chodder. Giridhari has a long coat, cumberbund and chodder. Gandharvika has a skirt that has a double layer of valieance of different shades of purple, along with a whole passle of pleats that show in the center. Pink and purple. The name does reveal the day it was offered "I was born at midnight and when I heard that Vrndavana is for shallow thinkers, I fell head over heals for Mahaprabhu" is the first line of Guru Maharaja's autobiography, augmented by my parphrasing of something he said later.
The traffic was congested everywhere today. There was some paving going on. Fortunately i had been using different routes around the construction that helped me to avoid a lot of the back up. Then down by the harbor there was a long line for no apparent reason. The sun was low in the sky but just high enough to make it practically impossible in every way to see. Some how i got through. Then as i turned my face back to the asrama there was more on the road by the beach where if i live to be one hundred i won't be able to say what the reason for it was. Still i got back for the sunset arati just under the tag of the clock.
The Deities were ready to take rest early this evening. They let me put them in their night dress quickly. Interesting to see how when the different people dress the Deities' hair i can tell each ones work.