By Jawahar Malhotra
It was hard to imagine that this was the once the site of the one-story wooden Baptist Church and two adjoining wooden buildings on 1.2 acres when the leader of the then small group of devotees, Tamal Krishna Goswami purchased it in 1984 for the flock to move to from its facility on Rosalie street. At a Diwali celebration held in 1990, the site was overwhelmed by the nearly 3,000 people who attended, including then rookie Houston City Councilwoman Sheila Jackson Lee.