This book is an answer to all those who have asked the question "Why are women in the menstrual age not allowed to enter Sabarimala?" This book presents a never-before discussed perspective on the science behind the restrictions on women in Sabarimala temple. The information provided in this book comes from the author’s direct experience of visiting five temples associated with Sabarimala and recording how it impacted her physical and emotional health. This is a rare book on Sabarimala, written from a woman’s perspective, explaining the nature of the temple through India’s traditional knowledge systems such as Ayurveda, Chakras, Tantra and Agama Shastra. At the same time, the author’s personal experiences simplify the understanding of these deep sciences, providing the reader a glimpse into how temples such as Sabarimala impact the human physiology and in particular, women’s menstrual cycles. This book will change the way Hindu temples, especially Sabarimala, is perceived and experienced.
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Notion Press
Publication Year
2022
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Sinu Joseph is the co-founder and Managing Trustee of Mythri Speaks Trust. She has done extensive action-research in the areas of Menstrual & Reproductive Health since 2009, and travelled across India interacting with more than 20,000 adolescent girls and women directly to get a first-hand experience of menstrual practices and their impact on women’s health. Stepping aside from the popular narratives which focus on menstrual products, her work has explored native methods and cultural practices around menstruation. She has written extensively on unearthing the science behind native practices and bringing forth a unique narrative which is the Bharatiya perspective on menstruation, through her book Rtu Vidya. She has studied several Hindu temples, religious restrictions owing to menstruation, and their impact on women’s menstrual health. Her study on Sabarimala and associated Sastha temples explore the way such spaces can alter women’s menstrual cycles.