YOU MIGHT SEE SUCH BANNERS IN MANY TEMPLES. BUT HAVE YOU EVER REALISED WHY DO THEY KEEP SUCH BANNERS? AND WHY WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE TEMPLES DURING THEIR MENSTURATION ? THE MOST COMMON ANSWER YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD IS THAT DURING MENSTURATION WOMEN ARE “IMPURE”.

A WOMEN GOING THROUGH MENSURATION !SUFFERING SO MUCH ! IS REGARDED AS IMPURE. THERE ARE SEVERAL MYTHS SURROUNDING MENSURATION WHICH EVENTUALLY GAVE RISE TO SUCH SOCIAL AND CULTURAL NORMS THAT WOMEN CANNOT ATTEND NOUMEROUS ACTIVITIES DURING HER PERIODS. 

AS THEY ARE CONSIDERED IMPURE THEY ARE RESTRICTED FROM ENTERING KITCHEN, AND TOUCHING PICKLES AND MANY MORE. 

HOWEVER, SHIV PURAN TELLS THAT SATI PRAYED CONTINUOUSLY FOR YEARS TO GET LORD SHIVA AS HER HUSBAND. SO WHAT ABOUT THEN? DID SHE NOT HAVE HER PERIODS WHILE SHE WAS AT PENANCE. 

I RESEARCHED ABOUT THIS A LOT BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED THE ANSWER FOR THIS AND AFTER READING SO MANY ARTICLES AND WATCHING SO MANY VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I WENT THROUGH SADHGURU'S VIDEOS. AND WHAT HE SAID I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL:-

ACCORDING TO HIM HE SAID THAT DURING OLD TIMES, TEMPLE WAS THE ONLY SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT. EVEN WOMEN WERE ALLOWED TO GO TO TEMPLE. BUT THE DISTANCE FROM TEMPLE TO VILLAGE WAS QUIET FAR AND IT WAS A FOREST AREA. DURING MENSURATION WOMEN'S BODY IS ALREADY WEAK. AND IF THEY GO TO TEMPLE. BY PASSING THROUGH THAT FOREST, MANY WILD ANIMALS CAN SMELL THE BLOOD EASILY AND CAN ATTACK A WOMEN ON HER PERIODS! SO IT WAS BETTER FOR THE WOMEN TO STAY IN HER HOME AND REST. 

SECONDLY, ANOTHER QUESTION IS WHY WOMEN WERE KEPT IN SOME OTHER HOUSES OR WERE SEGREGATED AND WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER KITCHEN? IT IS BECAUSE DURING PERIODS WOMEN NEEDS REST TOO SO THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER KITCHEN AND WORK DURING THAT PERIOD. SO THEY WERE GIVEN A HOUSE OR A COTTAGE NEARBY SO THAT THEY CAN REST. ITS NOTHING LIKE SHE IS IMPURE. 

IN GUHWATI, WEST BENGAL KAMAKHYA DEVI IS WORSHIPPED. THERE IS A KAMAKHYA PEETH IN THIS TEMPLE , WHICH IS A NATURAL FORM OF A YONI OR VAGINA. SHE IS WORSHIPPED. 

IT IS HIGH TIME TO UNDERSTAND THAT MENSURATION IS A HUMAN ISSUE AND NOT A WOMEN ISSUE. AND EQUALLY IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE HYGEINE OF THE SAME. 

SO WOMEN CAN GO TO TEMPLE. AND LASTLY MENSURATION DOES NOT MAKE A WOMEN IMPURE !!!!!!!