Sometimes it is thought that one must go to India to actually live in a sacred environment. But Srila Prabhupada is on record as saying that his ISKCON temples are “Vaikuntha bubbles.” His guru maharaja also said this: “Every spot on earth where discourses of God are held is a place of pilgrimage.” (from the booklet “Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura,” published by Janananda das, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)