Can I do puja during menstruation? Can I meditate while having my periods? Can I visit the temple during my periods? Almost all Hindu women unfortunately face these dilemmas and spend their lifetimes feeling insecure and unworthy before God merely on account of their periods.
Their insecurity regarding a natural biological process, arises because there is a long-standing prejudiced belief prevalent within Hindu society, according to which menstruating women defile the place of worship and offend God.
But is this belief right? This belief of menstrual impurity along with the various taboos surrounding periods, actually have no sanction from the Hindu scriptures. These are simply wrong beliefs that have gotten attached to Hinduism in the long passage of history. This same truth, as we shall see in this video, was revealed by Maharshi Ramana, to his lady disciple Suri Nagamma.
