Days after upper-class villagers in Heggotara village of Chamarajanagar taluk, Karnataka, cleaned a mini water tank with gaumutra in order to ‘purify’ it after a Dalit woman drank water; young men from the Dalit community protested by drinking water from all public taps.
On November 18, the woman attended a marriage ceremony. After the ceremony was over and food was served, she went to a nearby water tank to quench her thirst. A few upper-class villagers took notice and chided her for drinking water from a place she is “forbidden”.
Once the wedding party left, upper-caste villagers opened the tap, released all the water, and cleaned it with gaumutra.
