Mavericks In The Villages Of India

Maverick Rituals are the bridge to the past and to our ancestors. We perform rituals to pay homage and respect to our ancestors. We as a human race have grown and developed exponentially over the past few decades. There hasn't been just technological growth but also in the form of way of living and mentality. Urbanization has changed everything, most of the rituals that were being followed weather enraging or religious have disappeared. Many have been banned by the government because they were violent and were considered illegal. Government intervention in the rituals is fair as far as they are able to save people who were forced to be the victims of some irrational ideas that were considered rituals like Sati Pratha, where widows were forcefully burnt to death. Government has been the savior when such rituals come to our mind and it has done good to lot of women in the rural areas who were being victimized.

But the government interventions in the rituals would not be accepted if they try to stop people from something they actually want to do voluntarily as a guideline to sustain their exceptional ethnic bravery. That ritual paves the way to maintain the glory of real Rajput called Kshatriya who are supposed to be fearless, brave , true fighter and martyr as described in Sanatan Dharma . Kshatriya Dharma is to have power to fight and save their territory. One such type of ritualism being maintained in a village named Bansgaon near the city of Gorakhpur, U.P, where all Kshatriyas of ‘Shrinet’ clan from their deep and absolute faith in the goddess, convene at a Goddess Durga, the goddess of power, temple on an auspicious day of Navratra (Ram Naumi) and offer blood to the Goddess every year. It’s considered very religious, many of them, who have moved to cities actually take leave and come to the village to attend the ritual. It's not a forceful act; people come from their own conscience and pay homage and respect to goddess Durga. This ritual is a symbol of bravery & unity for the community. It infuses the fighting and the winning spirit in the community.

Unlike the historical evidences where ‘Rajputs’ used to sacrifice animals at the temples, here people on their discretion offer their own blood from their absolute faith in the goddess and no innocent soul is victimized on force. Government has no rights what so ever to intercede.