“After taking sannyasa he ( A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj )went to Agra for preaching, and then to Jhansi. He wanted to establish a preaching center there in Jhansi. He called my Gurudeva, after which about twenty brahmacharis and sannyasis went there. He wanted to establish this Mahaprabhu (who is here now at Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha, on the altar), and by chance this was not done. So, he gave that Deity to Gurudeva and he brought Mahaprabhu here. So this Mahaprabhu is the ‘sign’ of Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja. After that, he went to the western countries. He had not a penny with him. He requested Scindia 
Navigation to bring him across the ocean, and they promised to do so. It took about a month to reach America by steamship, and on the way he became very, very sick. He did not take any medicine, but simply depended on Krsna. He wrote a poem to Krsna, and after that his health improved.
He established preaching centers in the middle of oceans, on the top of hills, and everywhere – in America, England, Africa, Australia, and so many countries, and his books were distributed throughout the world. Thus, he brought about a spiritual revolution." - BV Narayana Maharaj
