"Vulgar": Saraswati Idol Without Saree Sparks Huge Row At Tripura College
NDTV
ABVP members, citing concerns about the perceived "vulgarity" of the idol not wearing traditional Indian attire, initiated a protest that later attracted Bajrang Dal supporters.
Saraswati Puja celebrations at a government college in Tripura were marred by protests led by members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and subsequently joined by the Bajrang Dal, after a viral video on social media depicted a Saraswati idol, crafted by students of the college, without a traditional saree.
ABVP members, citing concerns about the perceived "vulgarity" of the idol not wearing traditional Indian attire, initiated a protest that later attracted Bajrang Dal supporters. Dibakar Acharjee, the general secretary of the ABVP unit in Tripura, spearheaded the protest, expressing strong objections to what he considered a misguided portrayal of Goddess Saraswati.
"As we all know, today is Basant Panchami, and Goddess Saraswati is worshipped all over the country. In the very morning, we all got news that in the Government Art and Craft College, the idol of Goddess Saraswati was sculptured in a very wrong and vulgar way," Mr Acharjee stated.
