Tales Behind the Purdah

ABSTRACT PURDAH is a basic culture in Islam. During pre independence, people of Islam community had to cover their whole body with the purdah because it'sindicates to strangers that they should not see the path of shadow surface from people eye contact. There have been 2 reasons for the purdah: it was mainly for purity of worshiping God. Also, to protect people from dust pollution and dirt articles in the air.but in the Quran, Islam's scared book, it's mentioned that it is critical part of history in the religion. Purdah has spread through community contact from one person to another in the growth of the population. In olden days purdah was worn by many people irrespective of religion. Young females were the main wearers of purdah . They were free to wear or not purdah at home, but it was a must when going out . Purdah is not limited to Islam culture. The community of saits also had a practice of overing their face from sunlight. The purdah was worn in diferent styles by diferent castes. There are also many difculties wearing purdah. Mainly it was hard for the people to wear purdah during the summer season as direct heat could afect body temperature and make people sweat profusely. As it stands , the habit of wearing purdah has been practiced from a very early age as it is transferred from generation to generation and is followed through life. Keywords : Purdah, Culture, Pollution, History, Community, Difculties,Generation, Life.