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    Who do jains believe in not touching on period

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    Jains believe that during a woman’s menstrual period, certain temple and ritual activities are avoided to maintain ritual purity (ashaucha) in worship, not to judge the person’s worth or spiritual potential.

    • What is touched or done differently: touching idols, performing abhisheka, entering the garbhagriha (sanctum), and other dravya-puja activities are usually paused. Entering the temple may be restricted or limited to distant darshan, depending on local tradition.
    • What you can do instead: mental worship from outside the sanctum, Navkar mantra recitation, svadhyaya (study), listening to pravachan, and pratikraman are encouraged. After bathing and changing into clean clothes, normal temple worship can resume.
    • Tradition differences: Digambar and Śvetāmbara communities may differ in exact practices or allowances, but both emphasize that the body’s menstrual state is a temporary ritual impurity for certain rites, not a statement about inner purity or worth.

    Essence: menstruation is a natural process; the rules aim to protect ahimsa and the sanctity of worship, while the person remains spiritually valid.

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