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Nudity in India
Nudity in Indian culture / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about non-erotic nudity in India in general, for example in arts, cultural and religious practices, and the related political aspects.. For a focus on religious aspects, see Nudity in religion § Indian/Dharmic religions.
Nudity in India has a multifaceted history, deeply rooted in the nation's religious, cultural, and social practices. While public nudity is generally frowned upon in modern urban areas, specific religious and traditional contexts have embraced forms of nudity as symbols of purity, renunciation, or spirituality. It is worth noting that the depiction of nudity in Indian art doesn't support the claim that public nudity was acceptable/normal across all castes and regions in India. By contemporary standards, the unclothed female upper body is considered semi-nude or a sign of obscene nudity, however, historically some regions and classes/castes of modern-day India, have traditionally had this kind of public nudity/semi-nudity as the norm.[1][2]
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