With a solid international organisation and disciples from many races, Srila Prabhupada decided there was great potential to establish an influential preaching program in India.
Telegram to all American temples:
"Prabhupada asked me to request at least 50 men from the US must come to India immediately"
-Shymasundara Das
Srila Prabhupada anticipated that if the Indian people could see how young Western boys and girls were eagerly adopting the principles of Krishna consciousness, their own interest in Krishna consciousness would revive. Now he had a means to preach in India.
Shaven headed dancing Westerners, wearing tilak, chanting Hare Krishna and quoting Sanskrit from Bhagavad Gita were an immediate sensation, and Indians flocked to watch.