Getting back from the temple is like running a gauntlet (go through an intimidating or dangerous crowd, place, or experience in order to reach a goal)
A 1989 feast to get the mercy of the Russian devotees: We put a bowl out to wash their feet, sand for them to walk on and collected their remnants
bhakta-pada-dhūli āra bhakta-pada-jala
bhakta-bhukta-avaśeṣa,—tina mahā-bala
„The dust of the feet of a devotee, the water that has washed the feet of a devotee, and the remnants of food left by a devotee are three very powerful substances.” Cc.Antya 16.60