10-28-2006, 05:01 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But once you explain to them, many of them will understand. It's not just white people, many Hindus don't even know that Bali Island in Indonesia is over 90% Hindu, so if a Balinese Hindu visits Indian villages he/she might get the same curious looks in the beginning because people don't know.
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Forget about Europeans or Bali Hindus. When I went to rural Tamil Nadu I got a few curious looks myself.
Basically I was treated as a foreigner.
The local people were not rude, just curious and asking lot of questions.
Since there is a large amount of diversity in India itself, most people are very adjusting to new people.
I have never seen anyone including very Orthodox types ever prevent anyone from entering a temple just because he/she looked different.
I think it is a case of curiosity more than anything else.
People will stare at you and may ask questions, but I don't think there is going to be any discrimination.
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Forget about Europeans or Bali Hindus. When I went to rural Tamil Nadu I got a few curious looks myself.
Basically I was treated as a foreigner.
The local people were not rude, just curious and asking lot of questions.
Since there is a large amount of diversity in India itself, most people are very adjusting to new people.
I have never seen anyone including very Orthodox types ever prevent anyone from entering a temple just because he/she looked different.
I think it is a case of curiosity more than anything else.
People will stare at you and may ask questions, but I don't think there is going to be any discrimination.
