Guru puja is part of our culture: Guv amid row

A day after Kerala general education minister V Sivankutty slammed authorities of two schools where students washed the feet of teachers on the occasion of Guru Purnima, governor Rajendra Arlekar said that offering flowers at the feet of teachers as part of “guru puja” isa part of Indian culture.

- HT Correspondent

Speaking at a programme organised by Balagokulam, the children’s organisation affiliated with RSS, in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday, the governor said, “Some of the schools in our state performed ‘guru puja’. ‘Guru puja’is our culture and as part of the culture, we offer flowers at the feet of our guru. And some people have objected to it. I don't understand from which culture these people are coming. What is their thinking?”

“If we try to forget our culture, we will forget ourselves,” he added.