Sati is NOT a Hindu Custom: [Must Read]

[Sudhir-Architect]

Sati is NOT a Hindu Custom:

Mythologically, Sathi was practised when the widows jumped on to the burning pyre due to inseparable attachment and devotion to "Pathi" or husband and these women were Pathivratas, who believed to be with their husbands in life and death.

 

Historically, the practice of Sati started with Muslim invasion of India when several widows had no alternative but to burn themselves to avoid being "married" to the abhorrent Muslim invaders [Similar to ISIS] who treat women like animals for their pleasure.

 

Have you ever analysed why Sathi has been practised only in Rajasthan and contiguous parts in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and northern parts of Gujarat? Why is that Sathi has never been practised in the other parts of Indian or in Southern peninsula? Because this has never been a "Hindu custom" which otherwise would have been observed all over India!!

 

The brunt of Islamic attacks and plunders, rapes of women was born by border States like Punjab and Rajasthan and the Rajastani women esp. widowed during the wars with Muslims often resorted to "Jauhar" or burning themselves in groups to avoid getting caught by Muslims.

 

To call Sathi a practice of Hinduism is absurd to to extrapolate the mythological stories to support this theory is still atrocious.

 

Thanks & Regards,


Sudhir Srinivasan
B.Arch, MSc.CPM, Dip.ID, Dip.CAD, Dip.PM
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