Can married people join Iskcon?

Devotees can get married. Only 50 of ISKCON’s five lakh devotees are brahmacharis.

What happens in Iskcon?

ISKCON devotees meet regularly (typically on Sunday at a program known as the Sunday Feast) to worship deities, listen to discourses by senior devotees, participate in kirtan and eat sanctified offered food.

Is jeans allowed in ISKCON Temple Bangalore?

Another thing the temple had a dress code board on display which said ladies wearing only saree, salwar or kurti would be allowed in…. however we found ladies wearing jeans also going (though they were few in number)…..

How is ISKCON different from other schools of Hinduism?

They are different from other societies or schools of Hinduism by the fact that ISKCON acts like a marketing corporation. While other schools of Hinduism focuses on inner peace and other philosophical elements, ISKCON goes around saying ‘JOIN HERE! JOIN HERE! Be our devotee’.

Is ISKCON a charitable organization?

This list of purposes (below) was one of the official documents incorporating ISKCON as a charitable organization. At the time, the movement had few followers in the West and was operating out of a rented storefront in New York City.

Does ISKCON have a problem with predators?

Had ISKCON made as much noise about the monsters who raped children as they do about plans to protect assets, their concerns would have been self evident. As it is (even though management has admitted awareness of the crimes), there has never been a single case where ISKCON has prosecuted a predator.

Will ISKCON be spotlighted in the public eye?

ISKCON will find very little sympathy (if any) in the public eye. This is the single most concentrated case of child-abuse in the history of man. To believe that material assets will be spotlighted, is just another ISKCON illusion.