NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police have charged 80 people for burying children alive in an ancient Hindu ceremony known as “the festival of pits.”
The ceremony, in which children – some less than a year old – are buried alive briefly and then dug up, happened on Monday in southern Tamil Nadu state, The Asian Age reported on Thursday.
Authorities have been trying for years to stop it and people found guilty face up to three years in jail and or a fine of 5000 rupees ($114).
Every two years, parents who have vowed to bury their first-born if they are blessed with a child, take part in the Kuzhimattru Thiru Vizha ceremony.
The children are drugged to make them unconscious and placed in shallow “graves” in temple courtyards. The pits are covered with leaves and dirt and the children are pulled out after Hindu priests chant a brief prayer – lasting up to a minute.
So? Muslims in Africa will cut off their daughters’ clitorises because they’re not allowed to feel sexual pleasure . I’m pretty sure Hindus will revel in articles about something that’s so wrong in our religion but encouraged through culture..
I honestly don't see anything wrong with it, at first I thought it was the same type of burying alive pre-Islamic Arabs did to their daughters but this is only lasts a minute, if it's not dangerous let them do it.
Come on guys its just for one minute the burial happens.. and that too i dont think they cover them completely. Can u be more reliable with ur sources please.
A characteristic of modern progressive society is to abhor and attempt to stop practices that are not consistent with human dignity and sensibilities even if they claim religious or age hold origins.
The government and all sections of media and society have worked in this direction.
. I’m pretty sure Hindus will revel in articles about something that’s so wrong in our religion but encouraged through culture..