However, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī vetoed the planned laying of a branch railway line from Dhubuliya to Māyāpur and construction of a bridge over the Gaṅgā from Navadvīpa to Māyāpur, fearing that by giving easy access to all stripes of hodgepodge people, Māyāpur would become as commercialized as modern Navadvīpa. Privately he said, “Don't increase the weight of the dhāma by bringing materialistic people here to pass stool.” He wanted that except during festivals, the pristine environment suitable for bhajana be preserved, and that only devotees serious about bhajana and sevā reside at Śrī Caitanya Maṭha. Thus he instructed the maṭha-rakṣaka Narahari Prabhu that any maṭha-vāsī inclined to sense indulgence be transferred to the Maṭha in Bombay, it being a city of sense enjoyment, and any maṭha-vāsī inordinately disturbed by the summer heat be sent during that season to the Maṭha in Darjeeling, where the mountain atmosphere remains pleasantly cool.
(from Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Vaibhava)
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