Isn't there an obvious contradiction in how we see women in temples their entry into Sabarimala is restricted because of the period taboo but there are temples where goddesses are worshipped in their 'menstruation'?
All Shakti peethas represent female energy. At the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, the belief is that when the water in the shallow worshipped structure, shaped like a yoni, turns red the goddess is 'menstruating'. Perhaps it is a mineral that turns the water this colour. But I remember going there in the pre-mobile phone era and as word spread about the red, people gathered from everywhere and in a day everyone in town knew of it. And to touch that structure when the water is red is considered to be the most magnificent blessing ever. We worship the devi in so many forms and with such reverence but don't accord women at home or on streets any respect or dignity. You celebrate menstruation in a goddess because it is about the power of procreation but when it comes to women it becomes a dirty thing. Women are treated like secondclass citizens outside the temple precincts, there is a great disconnect between feminine divinity and the place women are given in society. I would like to see women allowed into the temple though I know that the ban is several centuries old and a part of the shrine's tradition.
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All Shakti peethas represent female energy. At the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, the belief is that when the water in the shallow worshipped structure, shaped like a yoni, turns red the goddess is 'menstruating'. Perhaps it is a mineral that turns the water this colour. But I remember going there in the pre-mobile phone era and as word spread about the red, people gathered from everywhere and in a day everyone in town knew of it. And to touch that structure when the water is red is considered to be the most magnificent blessing ever. We worship the devi in so many forms and with such reverence but don't accord women at home or on streets any respect or dignity. You celebrate menstruation in a goddess because it is about the power of procreation but when it comes to women it becomes a dirty thing. Women are treated like secondclass citizens outside the temple precincts, there is a great disconnect between feminine divinity and the place women are given in society. I would like to see women allowed into the temple though I know that the ban is several centuries old and a part of the shrine's tradition.
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