2,500 married Hindu women take special oath at Kudroli Temple

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Jan 1, 2012: Over 2,500 married Hindu women took an oath at Shri Kshethra Gokarnatha Temple that they would not stop wearing their mangalasutra, kumkum, bangles, and flowers even in case of their husbands’ death on Jan 1. The oath taking ceremony was part of the reforms undertaken by B. Janardhan Poojary, senior Congress leader and patron of the temple. 

The women also declared that they will continue participating in religious rituals even after the death of their life partner. This declaration is part of an effort to better the condition of widows in Hindu society. 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Poojary led the oath taking ceremony and other religious rituals. Poojary’s daughter-in-law and daughter were also among those women who took the oath. On Diwali, Poojary’s wife Malathy and four other married women had taken a similar oath. 

Just before the women took their oath, a chandika yaga was performed in which the women participated. They offered aarathi and pulled the silver chariot round the temple premises. 

Sarees, blouse pieces, bangles, flowers, and kumkum were then distributed as prasada among the participating women.