Temple perform purification ceremony after bar girls dance

Jaipur, July 13 (UNI) A Shiv temple here performed a purification ceremony here after a reported dance by bar girls on its premises.

The Shivlingam at the Bhooteshwar Mahadev Mandir in Amer was bathed with gangajal and prayers were held to purify the idol and the temple yesterday.

According to reports, some unidentified people held a function at the temple wherein a couple of women, who were reportedly bar girls, danced before the Shivlingam.

Several Shiv Sena activists held a demonstration in the city against the insult to the temple and Hindu religion and demanded the immediate arrest of the people involved.

The home ministry has ordered an inquiry into the matter and an officer of the rank of additional SP has been asked to probe the incident.

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