“Our son died with your Gita on his chest”
Visvambhara Das: Some time ago l met a family in Uxbridge. After they received a Gita from me, they said, “Our son Kesava received the same book 3 months ago from an Italian priest called Raffaele from Watford mandir. Kesava was on a wheelchair. When he came home, he was reading it every day”. When l asked, “ Where is Kesava now?” they replied, “He passed away last month with the Gita on his chest in hospital. He was 18 years old and suffering from MS muscular dystrophy.” They had just come back from lndia, from placing his ashes in the Ganga. I asked, “Do you have a picture of your son?” They showed me and I said, “The Italian priest was me”. They burst into tears and hugged me. They were very grateful…