Srila Narayana Maharaja arrived in Los Angeles on June 7, 2005 from Hawaii. At 6:30 am on June 8, he visited Sri Sri Radha-Govinda Gaudiya Matha, located a few blocks from the beach in Venice. He was very happy to see how much the temple had rapidly developed since he visited one year earlier, at which time the temple had been just recently purchased and construction was just underway.