Diwali Period-Myths Card Pack

Myth: A menstruating woman shouldn’t enter the pooja room.

Fact: Menstruation is a normal, clean bodily process. No scripture-based hygiene reason keeps anyone from prayer.

Myth: Don’t touch the pickle — it’ll spoil.

Fact: Pickles spoil from moisture and unclean hands, not from who touches them. Clean hands are the only rule.

Myth: Stay out of the kitchen during your period.

Fact: There is nothing unhygienic about cooking on your period. Wash hands as anyone would.

Myth: You can’t light diyas or do rangoli.

Fact: You can do every part of the celebration. A period changes nothing about what you’re allowed to touch or make.

Myth: Wash your hair on day one to “clean” yourself.

Fact: Bathing is about comfort, not purification. Wash whenever you like — warm water can even ease cramps.

Myth: Festival sweets make cramps worse.

Fact: No single food causes cramps. Enjoy the sweets; stay hydrated and move a little if you can.

Myth: Period blood is impure.

Fact: It’s a mix of blood and the womb lining — as clean as any other part of the body.

Myth: Hide it — don’t let the family know.

Fact: Openness ends shame. Naming it plainly teaches the next generation there’s nothing to hide.