Is devi dasi the same as temple prostitutes devidasi?
I read where Prabhupada said unmarried women were like prostitutes, and as Devidasi are known as temple prostitutes in India, so did he expect unmarried Iskcon women to do that?
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Devadasis
Devadasis were dancers-servants of the Deity, e.g. in Jagannath mandir in Puri, mentioned also in Caitanya caritamrta. The prostitution thing in some temples was a degradation, later abolished by the British.
Unmarried women should either marry or become perfect renunciates like Gangamata Gosvamini.
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ys Jan