A video has gone viral on social media in which a head mistress of a Tamil Nadu government school can be seen arguing with parents of the children over wearing of Hindu identities like sacred ash, bindi and sacred threads around the wrists.
The incident happened at KR Government School located near Oddanchatram in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul district.
In the video, the parents of the children can be seen confronting the school Head Mistress Nirmala for prohibiting children from wearing Hindu marks like sacred ash, sandhanam, Kumkum, bindi and sacred threads.
“I only said that there is a government rule not permitting it which we’ve pasted there. Won’t I say daily during the prayer? You tell me haven’t I said or not? I am not threatening you. Didn’t I say that we’ve received a government order not permitting wearing a ‘pottu’ (bindi)? How many times have I told?”, the Head Mistress can be seen the questioning the student with many other elders around.
திருநீறு பூசவோ குங்குமம் வைக்கவோ கூடாது என தமிழக அரசு அரசாணை உள்ளது என கூறும்
பள்ளி தலைமை ஆசிரியர். pic.twitter.com/R03lYbXCfx— Sevak Sathya (@Sevakofmata) February 21, 2023
When a person interrupts if the GO specifically states that pottu should not be worn, the HM states that pottu and sacred threads are not allowed.
An India Today report stated that the State Education Department have denied any such stringent GO not permitting students from wearing holy ash or kumkum.
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