European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                S Kul Adri with daughter Pritham 4, attended u. Of Pittsburgh on math scholarship. E re determined to stay Here he said. We it As Krishna s mercy. Our business is to set a  ast one neighbor a state police officer has been Kul Adri said. Of course we did buy his farm exorbitant Price. I Don t know if that motivated a said the officer has served As a middleman in controversies. Involves sewage. The Community invested $30,000 Ion system after it was okayed by the state Only the approval withdrawn when neighbors pro to size and location and threatened to sue the people May criticize us for not having a Nice sewer system but we re dying to put one in Kul Adri said. We Are caught in the Middle of a political situation. We May sue the state ourselves for the $30,000 we have  the Community received another dose of negative publicity three years ago when a visiting professor contracted hepatitis and died. Kul Adri said the Community receives 25 to 40 visitors a Day 100 on weekends and the professor is the Only person who Ever became ill. We did have hepatitis but that s very common for in stance in colleges. And it was not from health conditions on the  he said a devotee caught hepatitis on a trip to India then returned and was assigned to Cook before his Dis ease was discovered. Once their temples Are built and construction pro Grams have progressed further the Krishna expect the Community to look cleaner and win greater acceptance from its neighbors. Until then armed guards patrol the first Palace an elaborate Marble concoction of Eastern and Western architecture that devotees have been building for four years. It is scheduled for completion next Spring. We want to make it a National Monument to compete with mount Rushmore said Kul Adri Only half jokingly. The Palace intended for religious services and classes is a baroque Marvel of pillars turrets and Marble imported from Italy Germany Turkey Greece and Pakistan. Supposedly it is the plainest of the eight temples planned for new Vair Daban. Even so its splendor contrasts sharply with the ideals of simplicity that govern other aspects of daily life. Noting that he shares a 9-by-12 Cabin with another de Votee Kul Adri said we should All live simply. But when it comes to glorifying god we should do it in a splendid  the simple lives their children have chosen do not Settle easily with the parents of Kul Adri and Kutila. Kul Adri said his father died in a plane crash and his Mother has not fully accepted his lifestyle but she likes the children and they sometimes visit  added Kutila my father said he was humiliated. He could t even look at the shaved Heads. But now especially since i have the children my Mother sees How Happy i am. I be never been better  Kutila s initial reaction to the Krishna was hardly Dif Ferent from that of her parents. I thought they were a Bunch of weirdos she remembered. I used to walk on the other Side of the Street so they would t ask Rne for  now fully accustomed to Krishna clothing food and philosophy she insists she s never been happier. The biggest thing is that it s so simple. We re so regu lated. It s not Boring. It actually gives you More time to think spiritually. Once you make your commitment the instructions Are there and it s just a matter of following  Kutila seems to expect her daughters will leave the Krishna fold when they grow older and More curious about the outside world but she accepts that philosophically. They la go but you la feel Good about it she said. At least you be give them a base a god entered life. I was Given nothing. I did t know who i  the religious Leader of the 200-member, 1,000-acre Hare Krishna Community of new Orinda Basays he discovered his spiritual master on the Corner of Houston St. And the bowery in Newyork s East Village and his promised land in the classified ads of the san Francisco Oracle. Kirt Annanda Swami 41, was born Keith Ham in new York the son of a Baptist minister. He first became interested in the Krishna movement in the mid 60s while studying american history at Columbia University. The whole psychedelic movement was just coming into prominence. Eastern thought was in the  Ham arrived in Marshall county w-va., 10 years ago interested in starting a philosophical Community. He sub sequently leased some land for $15 a month then collected $4,000 to Purchase 113 acres the beginning of the farm on which three people joined him that first year. Asked where the Money comes from he said we have Over 50 visitors a Day Here Many members of our movement and they All make donations just like any  v he said the farm also receives contributions from former beatle George Harrison and others he declined to  Community already is self supporting and receives no donations from either the state or the Krishna society he said. The first Temple is costing $300,000 or slightly More to build almost exactly what would be spent Over four years if All of our people smoked a pack of cigarettes a Day had a six pack a week and went to the movies once in awhile As a Swami he teaches classes on the ascetic Krishna lifestyle and offers religious guidance but appears in concerned whether students choose to remain within the Community. There have been three instance of parents sending de programmers to reclaim their children he said none recently. All of them came Back. Many people come for a few weeks and leave so parents should be patient and wait. Chances Are they la leave and if they decide to stay deprogramming won t  Krishna do not try to Force converts he said. God wants you to love him. In Force there s no love. We try to  my policy is to make something wonderful Here. Then people will adore you he replied when asked about Fric Tion with his appalachian neighbors. Gradually All the locals Are being won Over by the Palace. They always bring All their friends there. I mean who can look at that building and think these Are bad people leaning on his walking stick swathed in Salmon col ored Robes that touched the tips of his heavy open hiking boots he said Many local people look favourably upon the Krishna. Especially the merchants and the Banks he said Al luding to construction and other materials purchased by the religious Community. Up up 4 Baptist minister s son Kirt Annanda Swami was born Keith Ham in new York. It Ember 6, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 15