Tourist charged for bathing naked
 

Mon Oct 24,11:07 AM ET

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Indian police have brought charges against a Finnish tourist for bathing naked in a holy lake in a Hindu pilgrim town, a police officer said on Monday.

Police said the tourist walked to her hotel in the nude after taking a dip in the lake in Pushkar in the desert state of Rajasthan Saturday, angering several local people and priests.

"We have framed charges of indecency against the lady tourist from Finland under section 294 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)," Sugan Singh, a police officer in Pushkar, told Reuters.

Under India's obscenity laws, the tourist can be imprisoned for three months or pay a fine.

Pushkar has a famous temple dedicated to Brahma -- the Hindu god of creation -- and is popular with foreign tourists who come for its desert ambience, camel safaris and annual camel fair.

Last month, an Israeli couple was fined 1,000 rupees after an Indian court found them guilty of obscenity for kissing during their marriage ceremony in Pushkar.

India has tough obscenity laws and kissing in public is frowned upon in the largely conservative country. Last October, local residents in the western state complained to authorities that a group of Israeli women had danced naked near Pushkar.

Am I the only one that thought it was funny that she was in violation of the Penal code? :grin:

Can you imagine, kissing in public at a wedding. Well I never. Rubbing noses, okay. But kissing in public. :yikes:





Isn't this in the land of the Kama Sutra? :confused:

They got married in a temple and during the ceremony when the priest was still reading out holy marriage rites, they couldn't keep their hands off each other (smooching and indicate "doing the dirty"). this is what upset the priest and temple authorities. even in church weddings the couple have to wait until they are announced man and wife before they can kiss.

if u plan to visit another country to get married, u should respect their culture, traditions and attitudes ...... even if u do think they may be a little dated :)


yes it is the land of the karma sutra :D :hot: :p

I was teasing, midastouch. :rolleyes2

:whack: D'OH! :o