The newly married Dalit couple said that the Hindu priest stopped them from entering the temple premises in the Indian state of Rajasthan. According to Kashmir Media Service, the couple was not only stopped from entering the temple but was also publicly humiliated in Jalore district of the Indian state.
The evils like untouchability and social boycott exist in India cursing the life of lower caste citizens in the country. After the wedding ceremony on April 21, when the Dalit couple Ukaram Rathod and Santu, along with some relatives, went to the Neelkanth Mahadev temple the following day to offer a coconut, they were stopped outside by the priest and asked to pray and make their offerings from outside.
The aggrieved party said that the Hindu priest stopped them from entering the premises citing village rules like people of his community cannot enter there, so they should offer prayers from a distance. This led to an argument between some youths, who were accompanying the couple, and the priest. But they were still not allowed to enter the temple.—INP
