Hindu women leaders honoured in South Africa on National Women’s Day

Joha esbu g,
Aug
9
(PTI):
A
South
Af ica
o -p ofit
ma ked
Natio al
Wome ‘s
Day
o
Su day
by
ho ou i g
p omi e t
Hi du
wome
leade s
at
a
awa ds
ce emo y,
followed
by
a
fashio
show
featu i g
t aditio al
atti e
f om
va ious
I dia
states.

The
Mathaji
Fou datio
hosted
the
Hi du
Wome
of
the
Yea
Awa ds
at
the
BAPS
Swami a aya
temple
i
Joha esbu g.

Led
by
Swami i
Mathaji
D
Kali
Sam akshi i,
the
eve t
b ought
togethe
42
o ga isatio s
a d
ove
1,000
atte dees,
begi i g
with
cultu al
pe fo ma ces
befo e
the
mai
p ese tatio s.

South
Af ica’s
Natio al
Wome ‘s
Day
is
celeb ated
a ually
o
August
9,
commemo ati g
the
1956
ma ch
by
about
20,000
wome
to
the
U io
Buildi gs
i
P eto ia
agai st
the
apa theid
gove me t’s
opp essive
pass
laws.

The
eve t
ho ou ed
Hi du
wome
who
have
built
temples,
p ovided
f ee
fu e al
a d
weddi g
se vices,
p omoted
yoga
a d
well ess,
a d
lau ched
commu ity
televisio
b oadcasts.

Pa dita
Lucy
Sigaba
a d
televisio
p oduce
a d
p ese te
Yashika
Si gh
eceived
the
awa d
i
the
Sa ata a
Dha ma
catego y.

Yoga
expe t
Maya
Bhatt
wo
the
Health
a d
Well ess
awa d,
while
A usha
Pillay
a d
Shi ley
Na a
eceived
A ts
a d
Cultu e
ho ou s.
Yogi i
Pillay
a d
Rogi i
Naidoo
wo
the
awa ds
i
the
Busi ess
a d
Educatio
catego ies,
espectively.

Jea ie
Nagga
was
p ese ted
with
a
Lifetime
Achieveme t
Awa d
fo
he
effo ts
i
suppo ti g
temples
i
a eas
whe e
the
Hi du
commu ity
was
de ied
eside ce
du i g
the
apa theid
e a.

Key ote
speake
Jole e
Raiso ,
a
white
South
Af ica
child e ‘s
autho
a d
li guistics
academic,
desc ibed
he
t a sitio
to
Hi duism
ot
as
a
igid
co ve sio
but
as
a
atu al
“comi g
home”
to
he
o igi al
spi itual
ide tity.

“I
South
Af ica,
we
eally
ca ‘t
sepa ate
ou selves
f om
what
has
happe ed
i
the
past,
a d
I
was
e vous
about
that,
but
I
ealised
that
Dha ma
has
o
bo de s
a d
just
disi teg ates
the
se se
of
‘othe ess’
that
I
thought
I
would
feel,
but
I
eve
felt,”
she
said,
addi g
that
the
I dia
Hi du
commu ity
had
always
bee
welcomi g
whe eve
she
visited
temples.

Followi g
the
awa ds,
a
fashio
show
titled
‘F om
Kashmi
to
Ka yakuma i’,
coo di ated
by
Rashmi
Ha ibhat,
fou de
of
the
Wome
Empowe me t
League,
showcased
t aditio al
atti e
f om
diffe e t
pa ts
of
I dia.

“I
feel
sometimes,
dista ce
actually
makes
you
love
I dia
eve
mo e.
That
emotio
eally
was
the
hea t
behi d
ou
T aditio al
Fashio
Show
o
Wome ‘s
Day,”
Ha ibhat
said.

“We
a e
so
fo tu ate
he e
i
South
Af ica
to
have
people
f om
Kashmi
to
Ka yakuma i,
each
b i gi g
thei
ow
beautiful
cultu e,
he itage
a d
t aditio s,”
she
said.

Ha ibhat
said
the
pa ticipatio
of
wome
f om
the
I dia
diaspo a
touched
he
the
most
as
they
took
pa t
despite
havi g
babies,
jobs
a d
othe
pe so al
st uggles.

She
added
that
pa ticipa ts
wo ked
ha d
to
fi d
t aditio al
clothes,
jewelle y
a d
othe
items
ep ese ti g
thei
espective
states.
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