36 -year -old Priyasha Soni was preparing to celebrate Chaitra Navratri and worship Goddess Durga. A day before the nine-day ceremony began, she asked her husband Mukesh Soni to get the imperative of worship. Flowers, fruits, sweets, lamps and grains – everything was to invite the goddess. However, on 30 March, on the first day of Navratri, Ms. Soni got her period and could not pray. Women are advised not to pray as menstruation as it is considered impure.
Ms. Soni, a resident of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, was removed. He allegedly consumed poison and died of suicide.
Mr. Soni said, “Priyansha waited for Navratri for a year and when it was about time, she could neither worship the goddess rapidly nor the goddess.” He said, “She used to insist on how everything will happen and who would pray. I tried to rest and argue with him, explaining that the period is a natural process and monthly phenomenon. But she could not accept it. I offered to perform all the rituals on her behalf, but she was sad,” she said.
Soon after Mr. Soni left for work, she started crying, forced her husband to return home to rest. However, after the second time, Ms. Soni allegedly consumed poison and was rushed to the hospital.
“He said, ‘I have made a mistake”, Mr. Soni said.
He was then discharged and taken to meet his parents, the husband hopes that he will feel better by changing the place.
However, he was admitted again after his condition deteriorated.
“Around 2:30 pm, he started throwing and complained of back pain, which I felt was due to periods. I took him to the civil hospital. Everything was going well. The next day, around 1:30 pm, he asked me to eat something. When I said I was asking him to leave alone, he said.
She is saved from her husband and two daughters -3-year-old Janvi and 2-year-old Manvi.
(With input from Vinod Gautam)
