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He had so much faith in the beautiful, all attractive, all merciful nature of Lord Chaitanya, he had so much faith in the holy names of Radha Krishna, the holy names of God, he stayed on and after some time, a few followers, a little storefront, years later, I believe it was about eight or nine years later, on Fifth Avenue, the most important city in New York, the most important street and the most important city, there was a ratha yatra. The police of New York, they reserved a section of the street only for Jagannath’s chariot, 1000s of people Srila Prabhupada rode upon Subhadra’s chariot, looking out, he started this movement alone. He was looking out at 1000s of devotees and 10s and 1000s of people who were happily participating as the beautiful chariots built by Jayanada Prabhu, Srila Prabhupada’s very intimate follower, we're traveling down Fifth Avenue to Washington Square Park. And every year since then, the rath Yatra has taken place.