Topless girls part of temple ritual near Madurai
MADURAI: For ages around this time of the year, residents of Vellalur Nadu near Sivaganga district organise a 15-day festival for their deity - Ezhai Kaatha Amman (Goddess, who protect the poor). Guess what grabs the attention? The custom of topless adolescent girls in the pre-puberty stage participating in the celebrations. Activists now want to put an end to it and intend to escalate it to the Human Rights Commission.
The Ezhai Katha Amman Temple is 10 km away from Madurai on Melur-Sivaganga High Road. It is known as the deity of a group Read mor....
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