Menstruating women: Indian customs

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Temples

 Rautgara (Pithoragarh)

Prem Punetha, Temple on way, girls on periods can’t go to school, November 28, 2018: The Times of India

Girls from Rautgara village in Pithoragarh are forced to skip school for at least five days every month when they are menstruating as a temple dedicated to a local deity falls along the way to the institution.

Locals believe the temple would be desecrated if women on their periods were to pass the area which has led parents to confine menstruating girls to their homes. In fact, the taboo has forced a few of the girls determined to get a good education to move to nearby cities and towns where they are staying with relatives. A team of the local administration will now be sent to counsel parents to allow girls to attend classes.