#durgapandals

The worst affected section of society is of sex-workers, all their lives they are attributed with slangs. But during Navratra, people throng at their doorsteps begging for some soil to prepare Maa Durga Idols in Kolkata. 

No one knows the exact reason why it started.  According to Hindu rituals, four things are of utmost importance to prepare the Maa Durga idol: 

Mud from the banks of the Ganga Cow urine Cow dung Soil from a prostitute’s land or Nishiddho Pallis (forbidden terrorities). The mixture of all four is used to make Maa Durga idol. 

The idol is considered incomplete without the sand from a prostitute land (Punya Maati). 

 The priest of the temple has to beg at the doorstep of brothel or sex-worker’s home, for some mud for the Durga Maa idol.

 Even if she says No, he has to beg for it. Isn’t it strange?