 With Harrison busy finishing the band's double album "The Beatles" and then undertaking a two-month trip to America, the meeting between him and Shyamsundar took place at Apple in December.Harrison was aware of the devotees of Krishna, having first experienced kirtana while in Vrindavan in September 1966; he had also enjoyed Prabhupada's album "Krishna Consciousness" and had begun chanting the Maha Mantra, sometimes with John Lennon.When they met in December 1968, Harrison greeted Shyamsundar with the words