‘No one will marry girl who comes to mandap in jeans’
GORAKHPUR: Union minister of state for human resource development Satyapal Singh on Sunday said, “No boy will ready to marry a girl who comes to the mandap (wedding stage) in jeans.” The minister, who shared the stage with CM Yogi Adityanath at a function in Gorakhpur, also said: “Similarly, no saint will be revered if he wears jeans.”
GORAKHPUR:In what appears to be a controversial remark, union minister of state for human resource development Satyapal Singh on Sunday said, “No boy will ready to marry a girl who comes to the mandap (wedding stage) in jeans.”
The minister, who shared the stage with chief minister Yogi Adityanath at a function in Gorakhpur, also said: “Similarly, no saint will be revered if he gives up his traditional attire and wears jeans.”
He made these remarks in the context of appropriateness of attire in Indian culture, especially when and where to go in which dress.
He was addressing a gathering of students at the concluding ceremony of the foundation day of Maharana Pratap Siksha Parishad (MPSP), the academic venture of Gorakhnath temple.
The minister hailed the MPSP for preserving the values associated with Hindu culture and rendering services in the field of education and health. The Gorakhnath temple also runs hospitals, blood banks and Ayurvedic treatment centres.
Satyapal Singh added education should be linked with employment. Mutts and temples had always been centres of education and culture, he said, adding that the Gorakshpeeth had been instrumental in taking this tradition forward.
Satyapal Singh released two books with Adityanath on the occasion. These were: ‘Bhartiya Sanskriti’ and ‘Gorakshpeeth : Yoga Evam Sant Parampara’. Both have articles of the chief
minister.
Adityanath recalled the role of his guru Mahant Avaidyanath in giving Gorakshpeeth a grand structure. He said saints usually preferred moksha (salvation) but Avaidyanath laid down his life for the country and the society.
Over 450 students were given medals, certificates and scholarship on the occasion.