Just visited the Adi Shankaracharya's establishment (Sharada Peetham) at Sringeri, Karnataka. What surprised me, & even shocked me was the fact that at the free meal (Prasadam) served there,
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I saw some women wearing full #Burqa , with a band of their children & their men eating the Prasadam.
Mind you, Adi Shankaracharya represents core #Hinduism and people visiting the place are staunch #Hindus .
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Obviously, the meal cooked was not at all #Halal and yet these #Burqa - wearing females and their families had no problem eating their meal there.
Needless to say, no one objected to them partaking the meal and they were served as happily as anyone else.
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The thoughts that then arose in me were as follows:
🔸️ Isn't the propaganda put out by media that #Hindus hate Ms, or they have a problem seeing women wearing #Burqa , totally false?
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🔸️ The fact that these women and their families came in for the meal without any fear is a perfect example of all-inclusive, permissive, and benevolent attitude of #Hindus .
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🔸️Would in a religious feast of Ms, #Hindus prominently wearing signs and symbols of their religion have been allowed?
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🔸️When "intolerance of #Hindus", at #Udupi, with respect to wearing of #Hijab by female students is being highlighted by the mainstream & social media, why isn't the willing acceptance by Hindus of #Burqa wearing women & their families is not equally highlighted by them?
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