Monday Morning Greetings 2026 #42 – From the Hilton to the Radisson

The Govardhan Hillton is a long story. A generous donor sponsored the renovation of my ashram. My assistant, an engineering genius, supervised the work, and the donor gave him carte blanche to make it first class and highly functional. It is. I was so impressed when I returned that I jokingly called the place the Govardhan Hillton. Unfortunately, the name is sticking.[1] This week David, our devotee friend from the Samuel Platzer Co. diamond family in New York, is staying at the Govardhan Hillton. He generously offered to sponsor a pilgrimage to Jaipur for everyone here and put us up at the five-star Radisson Hotel Jaipur City Center, so we’d be near Govindaji for our daily parikramā. It was wonderful. The parikramā, that is. So here I sit in my room at the Govardhan Hillton, clicking the AC thermostat every hour to suit my whims, just back from a luxurious stay in the business suite at the Radisson. And this is the same former sādhu who never had AC, who lived here for years without…