Prabhupāda: No, no. The small Deities, śālagrāma, They are worshiped. And big Deity, They are decorated nicely. No need of washing.
Saurabha: So only the opening ceremony.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Harikeśa: Nitāi had them bathe the big Deities here, Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, on Janmāṣṭamī.
Dhanañjaya: And on Balarāma's appearance day, the big Deities were bathed. Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma.
Harikeśa: Terrible speculation.
Dhanañjaya: Actually, Janmāṣṭamī celebrations were very bad, and it's very...
Prabhupāda: Therefore the color has faded? He is a rascal.
Harikeśa: I remember that when these Deities... They're never to be washed. Never water was to touch. Supposed to put a plastic bag over the Deity. That was... If you have to use the big Deities, you're supposed to cover Them with plastic.
Prabhupāda: Why did you allow? Just see, this is the disease. Rascals, they do not know. And although I was...
Dhanañjaya: No, but everyone was listening to him. He was posing himself as the most learned in Deity worship.
Prabhupāda: That he's fond of.