"The Jaladuta must be the most famous Indian vessel ever. She carried Srila Prabhupada the father of “Hare Krishna” from Calcutta to New York. She set sail on Friday the 13th of August 1965, and arrived in New York on September 19th. Srila Prabhupada got a free passage to America from the Scindia Steamship Navigation Company, whose owner, Srimati Morarji, was a devotee of Lord Krishna"
“Today at about 8 o’clock in the morning and near about Gibraltar we had a first experience of fog impediment. It was all dark round the ship and she stopped moving completely.
She was whistling now and then to protect herself from other unseen ships being collided with. We started at about 11 again.
8/9/65 at about 2/30 p.m. we passed over Gibraltar Port ending at Tarita Light House. The other side is Spanish Morocco. There is regular ferry steamer service. The strait is wide about seven miles across. We are in the Atlantic.”
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