Social Reforms and Customs in India: A Constitutional Perspective ...

An analysis on the how the laws in India had taken a toll over religious customs in India. It also focuses on the Chooral Mooriyal festival in Kerala in which kids aged 8-12 is being pierced with golden threads in the midribs as a part of the “Kuthiyottam” festival held in Chettikulangara as well as Attukal temple as a devotion to Lord Bhadra kali. This paper also focuses on “Essential Practice test” which determines whether a customary practice is necessary and obligatory practice in a religion. Despite the fact that a religious area might be recognized from a mainstream one and shielded from... Mehr ...