Aishwarya Marries a Tree?
Shruti Singh a lawyer in the Patna High Court has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against Aishwarya Rai.
Aishwarya is a Manglik (Ruled by Mars) and this according to Hindu astrologers is not auspicious to her marriage to Abhishek Bachchan who is a non-Manglik. To overcome the negative effect of this, Aishwarya was married to a Peepal tree in Benaras and a Banana tree at a temple in Bangalore. Then she was married to an idol in a temple in Ayodhya.
According to Shruti such practices come under the Untouchability Act as in Article 17. It also violates fundamental rights. She says that the rituals performed by Aishwarya under the guidance and consent of the Bachchan family promotes superstition and blind faith among the common people
Shruti is a Woman’s Rights Activist. She has requested the court to issue a directive to stop the practice of Manglik girls first marrying a tree, an idol or an animal.
She demanded a public apology from the Bachchan family and also said that an FIR should be filed against Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Samajwadi Party leader, Amar Singh.
An interesting article on this topic on:
http://www.blogbharti.com/krishnan/women/aishwarya-rai-and-feminism/
Marrying a tree does seem to be a bizarre practice in todays day and age, but even then to each his own.