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Plight of Widows in India Go To: Articles & Table of Contents
Keywords: widow, widows
The Miseries of a Widow
Woman with shaven head and red saree |  |
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A Widow in Mourning
Hindu widows in India had to shave their heads and wear unattractive clothing. This woman had been mourning for 50 years. |
The Misery of a Widow
A widow in a single piece of clothing, her head shaven, ailing with arthritis, walks on the street, abandoned. Town of Udupi, 2001 |  |
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Portrait of a Young Window
Notice the absence of jewelry and the holy dot |
Inauspicious Widow?
A Hindu widow offers prayers to a diety from outside -- there was a time widows were not allowed inside the temples |  |
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