Devotional Service In Chivalry?

More nectar courtesy of His Holiness Mahanidhi Swami. The following is an excerpt from the book Prabhupada at Radha Damodar. In this excerpt Jagat Guru Swami explains the “early days” of Sri Sri Radha-Ramanaji.

In the area of the present Radha-raman temple, there used to be a large lake connected to the Yamuna River. For a couple hundred years they worshipped Radha-raman in a tree, and at night put Him in a boat anchored in the middle of the lake. They stood guard with bows and arrows. The arrows would be dipped in a homemade poison, so even if they just nicked you, you would go down; if anyone came to hassle the deity of Radha-raman. In the Radha-raman temple they still have the bows and arrows.