Rishi Panchami Puja
Disclaimer: Through this post, I do not intend to hurt any cultural or personal belief. The post simply highlights my perception about the Rishi Panchami Puja. No, I've never performed a Rishi Panchami Puja. Nor did my mother ever made me do it. And specially ever since, I've learnt of what it embarks, it has made my conscience clear of not performing a Rishi Panchami Puja. Rishi panchami puja, this very day is performed to please the सप्तऋषि along with the eighty eight thousand सौनकादी ऋषिहरु and the other ज्ञात अज्ञात ऋषि, condemning of any "mistake" or गल्ति, that a woman has done during her menstrual cycle or while she was on her periods- रजस्वाला! Well, रजस्वाला is a physiological or let's say a biological process which marks that a woman is blessed to conceive a life within her or is able to give birth to new life. Previously, the "untouchability" during रजस्वाला did not exist. Woman were given a time off to take rest because of the pain that s...