Question: A lady who is new to Krsna consciousness called Iskcon Kolkata to book a room at the guest house. But she was told no single lady could stay in an Iskcon guest house! She asked how to understand this, when devotee women are to be protected and sheltered. She also asked me why they don’t have the same rules for men? If they were to restrict any sinful activity, why only restrict women? It gives the impression that there is a lot of discrimination.

Jayapataka Swami: I don’t know the rule in the Mayapur guest house. He says the same rule is there for men and women. No single person can stay. We can ask the guest house why they have this rule. Apparently they must have faced some trouble! It is a government rule that single people cannot stay, men or women, in guest houses throughout Bengal. Because sometimes people come alone to some of these places, pilgrim places, and commit suicide. Apparently we had two people who did that and so, therefore, you come in a group. Or come with a friend.
02-MARCH-2020 SRI MAYAPUR DHAM, INDIA