A pure devotee of Krishna, who raised me as a Krishna concious child from the beginning of my life. In my boyhood ages he instructed me how to play the mådanga. He gave me Rädhä-Krishna Vigraha to worship, and he gave me Jagannätha-Ratha to duly observe the festival as my childhood play. He was kind to me, and I imbibed from him the ideas later on solidified by my spiritual master, the eternal father.