Letter to Ramesvara

From: Tamal Krishna - SL_770710_A1

Los Angeles

My dear Ramesvara Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your feet.

I have just received a letter from His Holiness Gargamuni Swami complaining that he is unable to fill his Standing Orders on account of the shortage of different titles of Srimad-Bhagavatam. By the end of the next month there will only be seven different volumes of Bhagavatam in Bombay. This is a very serious matter and I am looking to you to rectify it immediately. The fact is that Gargamuni Maharaja has booked over 1,000 Standing Orders, and they must be supplied. Prabhupada says the Standing Order department is our most important book distribution, as I know you are well aware of and which you always write about in the newsletter. We should not allow anything to hamper it. Perhaps one of the problems has been that India BBT has never paid any of its bills to the English BBT. However Gargamuni Maharaja should not be held responsible as he contributes from one third to one half of the collections of the India BBT each month and has no outstanding bills. It is not at all his fault if India BBT does not pay English BBT. I would request you to immediately send as many different titles as possible to Bombay so that Gargamuni can immediately supply the professors and libraries with their long-awaited for books. Please be kind enough to let me know what you are doing in this regard. Gargamuni has written that if he does not get some response soon, then he will have to take the matter up with His Divine Grace. I think that we should be able to avoid his having to do this.

Hoping this finds you well.

Your servant,
Tamal Krishna Gosvami
Secretary to Srila Prabhupada

c.c. His Holiness Gargamuni Swami
c/o ISKCON Bombay

His Holiness Ramesvara Swami
c/o ISKCON LA

/tkg

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