Agartala: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) staged a protest at the Tripura Government College of Art and Craft on Wednesday over purported vulgarity in an idol of Goddess Saraswati being worshipped on the college premises.
The members of ABVP protested against the portrayal of Goddess Saraswati in the government institute at Lichubagan, asserting that it was vulgar and contrary to Indian culture and religious sentiments. They compelled the institute authorities to cover the idol with a saree.
Dibakar Acharjee, Joint Secretary of the ABVP unit in the state, expressed strong opposition to any such initiative by educational institutions that might hurt religious sentiments.
“As we all know, today is Basant Panchami and Goddess Saraswati is worshipped all over the country. In the very morning, we all got news that in the Government Art and Craft College, the idol of Goddess Saraswati was sculptured in a very wrong and vulgar way. We bound the college authorities to stop the worship there and forced the students to drape a saree on the idol. We strongly protest against this type of initiative in any educational institution,” he said. He further demanded Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha to take strict action against the college authority.
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