Viral News: Have you ever heard about a village where people are not allowed to come out wearing shoes and slippers. People go out with shoes and slippers in their hands. If someone is found walking on the road wearing it, then he is punished by the Panchayat.
Shoes and slippers are worn by a person to keep the feet safe while walking outside the house. Although most the houses in India do not go inside wearing shoes and slippers. Shoes and slippers are opened in temples too, but there is a place in India where people do not wear slippers on the road ie outside the house. Everyone walks there barefoot. If someone is seen walking on the road wearing shoes or slippers, then he is punished. Let us take you today to the same village in India where this rule is followed.
This tradition is in Andaman village of Tamil Nadu
There is a village named Andaman, about 450 km from Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state of South India. About 130 families live in this village and most of them are farmers. There is a big tree at the entry point of the village which is worshipped. Beyond this, no one is allowed to go wearing shoes or slippers. If someone is coming to the village from outside, then he has to take off his shoes and slippers here. Apart from this, people walk barefoot in the village too.
The whole village is considered the house of God
There is a religious belief behind people walking barefoot in the village. The people here consider the entire land of the village to be holy and consider it to be the house of God. This is the reason why he walks barefoot even on the road, no matter how loud it is. The villagers say that if we walk on the road wearing shoes and slippers, then God will get angry.
The exemption is available in this circumstance
The villagers said that out of about 500 people living here, only older people are allowed to walk wearing shoes and slippers in the afternoon when it is hot. Apart from these, if anyone breaks the rules, then the panchayat punishes them.
