The women are divine
Among Bengali idol-makers, there is an old, informal belief, passed along by word of mouth - that a Durga is incomplete unless a handful of earth from the doorstep of a sex worker is mixed into her clay. The explanation given is that “a man who enters that house leaves his virtue at the door, so the
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Dhaka Tribune Independent
Among Bengali idol-makers, there is an old, informal belief, passed along by word of mouth - that a Durga is incomplete unless a handful of earth from the doorstep of a sex worker is mixed into her clay. The explanation given is that “a man who enters that house leaves his virtue