{"id":15223,"date":"2022-07-24T18:06:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T18:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamslivenews.com\/?p=15223"},"modified":"2022-07-24T18:06:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T18:06:48","slug":"did-a-purification-of-president-by-brahmin-priests-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2022\/07\/did-a-purification-of-president-by-brahmin-priests-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Did a &#8220;Purification&#8221; of President by Brahmin priests happen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A purported &#8220;purification&#8221; ceremony of the tribal #President of India by Brahmin priests is causing furor across the nation.<\/h2>\n<p>There are mixed opinions about the ceremony conducted over the next coming-in president of India, Droupadi Murmu, which is believed to be a Brahminical purification ceremony of India&#8217;s tribal President.\u00a0 Reactions over the country are sharp with some claiming it is not a purification ceremony.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brahminical purification of India\u2019s \u2018tribal\u2019 President! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DClLJHIoWK\">pic.twitter.com\/DClLJHIoWK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashoswai\/status\/1551066324658360321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pieter Friedrich, an American journalist tweeted from the USA, &#8220;This an official ceremony for the appointment of the new #BJP president of India, who is from a tribal background.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never seen this included in any other inauguration of a president around the world. I\u2019m fascinated. Can someone please explain what is happening here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is an official ceremony for the appointment of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BJP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BJP<\/a> president of India, who is from a tribal background.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never seen this included in any other inauguration of a president around the world. I\u2019m fascinated. Can someone please explain what is happening here? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yZ3kesSmD8\">pic.twitter.com\/yZ3kesSmD8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pieter Friedrich (@FriedrichPieter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedrichPieter\/status\/1551227928565780480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brahminical purification of India\u2019s \u2018tribal\u2019 President!   <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashoswai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ashoswai<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aslam Hyderabadi (@abdulbasithmoh4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abdulbasithmoh4\/status\/1551230033607499776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They are reciting religious versus to purify her. She is not Brahman so according to Hindutva she is not pure.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lies 0f modi (@Lies0fModi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lies0fModi\/status\/1551230487611539456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Draupadi Murmu is an Indian politician who is the president-elect of India. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. 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