It's tragic! Most of the mysterious Hindu saints come from poor families, and some of them are sold to monasteries before they are minors to "serve" Brahmin elders, and once they are old and decrepit, they will be abandoned.
In India, there is a kind of woman called "Holy Woman", whose experience is shocking and heart-wrenching, why should they endure such a tragic fate when they are called "Holy Woman"?
Most of these "holy women" come from the poorest strata of Indian society, and when they were still young children, they were sent to temples by their parents in the name of "dedication to the gods".
Parents who are in poor circumstances, either forced to make ends meet or driven by ignorance, offer their daughters to the temple in the hope of receiving some meager compensation in exchange for a glimmer of hope for survival.
The temple also has strict criteria when selecting these "holy women", they need to be young, preferably no more than 10 years old, they must be physically intact and healthy, without any disabilities, and their appearance must be beautiful and outstanding.
Girls who meet the standards are sent to the temple for a ritual and become the so-called "holy woman" in the temple.
But the title of "saint" does not bring a trace of sanctity and dignity to these girls, on the contrary, the moment they become "saints", it means that they will embark on a road of no return.
They were indoctrinated from an early age with all sorts of fallacies and were expected to obey and please the men of the temple unconditionally, and the monks claimed that they were "serving the gods" but in fact saw them as tools to vent their lusts.
The young "saints" were powerless to resist, and they were humiliated day after day, year after year, and many became pregnant and had children.
But the children they gave birth to were also inevitably tragic. Girls are likely to repeat the mistakes of their mothers, while boys are taken in by the monks for their own use.
When the "holy women" grow old and lose their youth, they are ruthlessly expelled by the monks, who have neither the skills to earn a living, nor any social connections, let alone financial resources.
In desperation, many of these "holy women" have been reduced to the dust, and they have survived by selling their bodies, and there are many such abandoned "holy women" in India's red light districts.
What kind of social soil gave birth to such a horrific tragedy of the "saints"?
In fact, women in India have a very low status, and they are often seen as appendages to men and are never seen as separate individuals.
In some poor and traditional families, daughters are even considered to be a burden and a commodity that can be traded, and secondly, Indian society has long been shrouded in religious superstition and stereotypes.
Some absurd teachings treat women as sacrifices and consider it a "merit" to dedicate one's daughter to a temple.
Many ignorant parents, instigated by "superiors", make such a choice.
Moreover, India's entrenched caste system makes it difficult for poor families at the bottom of society to turn over, and they try to gain some benefits by sacrificing their daughters, or to climb to the "higher class" such as monks.
Sadly, India's laws turn a blind eye to the practice of "holy women", and although the law prohibits it, it is not enforced.
The temple had no fear, and the local police did not report it, and the victimized "saints" did not receive any protection at all.
Far from being physically and mentally devastated, the "holy women" have become the main carriers and transmitters of HIV.
Among the monks and prostitutes who commit violence against them, the rate of HIV infection is extremely high, and the "holy women" are powerless to ask them to take any precautions and allow the virus to grow and spread in their bodies.
This prompted them to go one step further and spread the virus to more people, making AIDS an unbearable burden in rural India, where modern medicine was not yet widely available.
It is foreseeable that if effective measures are not taken to curb the "holy woman" system, India will pay an unimaginable price, and the tragic experience of the "holy woman" reflects the plight faced by women in India as a whole.
To change all this, education is needed first, and only knowledge can defeat ignorance, and only enlightenment can break stereotypes.
Second, to improve the economic status of women, only by achieving economic independence can women truly control their own destiny.
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