Malati Devi Dasi

Malati Devi Dasi

Malati devi dasi, a senior religious leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, was born in San Francisco and became an initiated disciple of Srila Prabhupada in 1967. Her daughter, Sarasvati, was the first child born to an ISKCON member. Malati is the only female member of Governing Body Commission for ISKCON. [ [http://www.iskcon.com/icj/8_1/women.html women in ISKCON] ] Head of the all-female Columbus, Ohio temple since the early 90s, she has often been a controversial figure within ISKCON for her outspoken defense of women in the movement.

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*Gaudiya Vaishnavism

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