MY WEEK OF LIVING WITH THE KRISHAS NEXT DOOR
The hot-pink flyer reads, “Even your mom would be comfortable staying here.” Sure, if she’s into bongo drums, chanting and eating rabbit food blessed by a convicted felon. Hidden in the heart of the trendy East Village is “The Sanctuary” – a guesthouse run by a Hare Krishna splinter sect called the Interfaith League of Devotees. They are a clan of saffron-robed, shaved-headed “servants” who try to lure young travelers into their wacky religion by providing cheap, and sometimes free, accommodation.
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