She hid in the bushes to say her prayers
Singer Parvati Khan dodges the fascists to say her prayers (150,000 chants, no less) in Varanasi.
“Banned” from praying at the temple due to her “offensive” last name, she resorts to stratagems:
The chants and prayers were said from a place near the vicinity of the temple complex. But I managed to enter the temple on March 15 at 4.00 in the morning and perform the abhishek , after concealing my identity
It took her over a year, disguises, hiding in the bushes, and facing danger to life and limb. Was it for the thrill of the chase?
She also claimed that she had fallen ill during her stay there and was injured on the seventh day of her stay, when a security guard became suspicious of her identity and tried to shoot a photograph of her in the narrow lanes towards the temple.
During the long chase, she claimed, she slipped and injured her knee and foot.