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9. The women can go on the altar as long as their husbands are also there [on the altar with them].

Quote Found by Mithila Dasa

Prabhupada: …Tamala Krsna?

Bali-mardana: He’s here, Prabhupada.

Prabhupada: Now there should be one rule that unless they are husband-wife, man and woman should not worship together.

Pusta Krsna: On the altar.

Prabhupada: Yes. Strictly prohibited.

Tamala Krsna: On the same altar.

Prabhupada: Yes.

Tamala Krsna: Different altars is all right, but not the same altar.

Prabhupada: No, different quarters… They should not go to the…

Pusta Krsna: They should not be brought before the Deities.

Tamala Krsna: Alone.

Hari-sauri: In the kitchen or…

Prabhupada: Man and woman together should not worship unless they are husband and wife.

Tamala Krsna: Never be alone. So just because they are married to someone else, that is not… They must be married to each other.

Prabhupada: No, no, they must be together, the man and the woman. The husband-wife can go, not others.

Tamala Krsna: In most temples that is not the system right now.

Prabhupada: No, that system should be introduced. The husband-wife together can go to worship the Deity. If they are not related as husband, they should not go.

Pusta Krsna: What about a situation like this, where the husband and wife are worshiping but also some other brahmacaris are also worshiping?

Prabhupada: Still, that is some protection. The husband is there. The woman means her husband must be there.

(Morning Walk—July 20, 1976, New York)


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