I saw this on wikipedias homepage and yeah this feels so weird. Idk if it’s disrespectful but the selection process especially is just uhhh
Body evaluation of a child? Idk how to CW this
Girls who pass these basic eligibility requirements are examined for the battis lakshanas, or “thirty-two perfections” of a goddess, which involves their bodies being stripped of all clothing and caressed by the priests.
Some of these “perfections” are poetically listed, as such:
A neck like a conch shell
A body like a banyan tree
Eyelashes like a cow
Thighs like a deer
Chest like a lion
Voice as soft and clear as a duck’s
In addition to this, her hair and eyes should be as black as possible, and she should have dainty hands and feet, small and well-recessed sexual organs, and a set of twenty teeth
Edits: numerous corrections to formatting and text because im bad at this game
I saw this on wikipedias homepage and yeah this feels so weird. Idk if it’s disrespectful but the selection process especially is just uhhh
Body evaluation of a child? Idk how to CW this
Girls who pass these basic eligibility requirements are examined for the battis lakshanas, or “thirty-two perfections” of a goddess, which involves their bodies being stripped of all clothing and caressed by the priests.
Some of these “perfections” are poetically listed, as such: A neck like a conch shell
A body like a banyan tree
Eyelashes like a cow
Thighs like a deer
Chest like a lion
Voice as soft and clear as a duck’s
In addition to this, her hair and eyes should be as black as possible, and she should have dainty hands and feet, small and well-recessed sexual organs, and a set of twenty teeth
Edits: numerous corrections to formatting and text because im bad at this game