Wednesday, September 30, 2009

2000 women whipped for 5 hours by priests

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Like every Dussera, thousands gathered to pray at a 300-year-old temple in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district . What followed next was unspeakable horror.

Two thousand teenagers and children, some as young as 10, were whipped by the temple's priests. For five hours. The priests' explanation: This whipping is a cure-all. Some 10-year-olds were lashed for not studying enough. Others were attacked for being slow to attain puberty. And menstruating teens were hit for being impure. The priests say this is nothing new. "We have been practicing this ritual for 300 years," declares Thangavelu, a priest. Read More................2000 women whipped for 5 hours by priests

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