It is said, AkkaMahadevi was married to a king. As the legends say, she was married to a king, upon a condition, that he will never force Himself upon her. He broke the promise. She left the palace. The king demanded all the jewels and silk back. It is said, AkkaMahadevi walked out naked, dropping everything. As translation of one of her vachanas (poems with spiritual meaning) goes --- "The last thread of clothing can be stripped away, But who can peel off Emptiness, that nakedness covering all? Fools—while I dress in the Chenna Mallikarjuna’s morning light, I cannot be shamed; what would you have me hide under, silk and the glitter of jewels?" “And you, with lust! listen, The only worry that haunts me is; Whether my lord Chenna Mallikarjuna Loves me or not! Fie on this body. Why do you damn yourself For love of it, this pot of excrement, The vessel of urine, the frame of bones, This stench of purulence ! Think of Lord Chennamallikarjuna, You fool!” -Akka Mahadevi ( 11th century Shaivite Bhakti saint) #SayNotoGenderViolence #AgainstGenderViolence #Intersectionalfeminism #NITHYANANDA #Nithyananda #KAILASA #11genders #Hinduism #genderequality #womenempowerment #women #womensrights #humanrights #empowerwomen #divinemother #equality #equalityforall #equalrights #consciousness #LGBT #lgbtqcommunity #vedic #Genderidentity #feminism #hinduholocaust #enlighten #guru