BRIDGES

Sunday, January 25th, 2026

Crane, Guyana

Today was day 2 for allowing pedestrians to walk over the New Demerara Bridge over the river with the same name. The Demerara is quite wide. I used to walk the old floating bridge which is now replaced for a state-of-the-art new rendition built by the Chinese. I love the sensation, the views, and the breezes that are authentic features. A dozen of us went for the thrill. Total duration was fifty minutes of walking on this 2.7 km/1.7 miles and reaches 50 metres in height. In the US, my favourite bridges were the Hudson River Bridge and the Mississippi River bridges.

Of course, there’s the famous Lakshman Jhula over the Ganges in the Himalayas. Bridges connect communities. Some of the poems I write I consider bridges of Vedic thought that connect people from the West to Eastern thought.

After traversing the Demerara we drove to the ISKCON Crane temple for a sweet initiation of Rajkumarie, whose Sanskrit name is now Radha Ragni. I spoke from the Gita 1.25 regarding Arjuna’s apprehension to his duty. Radha Ragni showed no sign of hesitating to take diksha initiation.  She was fully eager.

In the afternoon I met privately with persons from Georgetown who had questions. I was happy to meet a Dad whose son is in Canada and hasn’t been in his life (court decision) but who wants to badly reconnect – like a bridge I guess.

The temple in Georgetown is celebrating its 10th year of operating as well as the birth anniversary of someone by the name of Advaita Acharya (1434–1559). He lived for a long time and was a personal associate of Sri Chaitanya, the father of public kirtan. To add some cultural flavour to the event I was asked to do a spontaneous drama based on a poem of mine. I chose “Two Lasting Friends,” the story of Krishna and Sudhama. I volunteered the actors from the crowd and we rolled out the story. It was loved. Naturally, it is a beautiful pastime.

Being that it was my last full day in Guyana, I met with new persons to Krishna Consciousness who just wanted to receive some encouragement. If I can act like some kind of bridge between an individual and Prabhupada for Krishna I will do as such.

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