New Delhi: Spiritual preacher Jaya Kishori on Tuesday responded to the backlash she faced over her Rs two lakh Dior bag. Kishori said that she never preached for complete renunciation of materialistic things. Kishori called herself a “normal girl” and not a “sadhvi”.
The 29-year-old preachers said that young people should work hard and earn money to achieve their goals. She was criticised for carrying a bag made by Dior which uses calfskin leather. While speaking to the news agency ANI, Kishori clarified that her bag was customised and that there was no leather.
“The bag is a customised bag. There is no leather in it and customised means that you can get it made as per your wish. That is why my name is also written on it. I have never used leather, nor will I ever use it,” she told ANI.
During her interaction with the news agency, the preacher said that in her sermons, she never advocated renunciation of worldly desires. “Those who have come to my ‘Katha’ know very well that I never say that everything is ‘moh maya’, don’t earn money or renounce everything,” she told the news agency.
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#WATCH | Kolkata: On the controversy over carrying an expensive handbag, Spiritual orator Jaya Kishori says, “The bag is a customised bag. There is no leather in it and customised means that you can get it made as per your wish. That is why my name is also written on it. I have… pic.twitter.com/TCRlumJ2R4
— ANI (@ANI) October 29, 2024
“I have not renounced anything, so how can I tell you to do so? I am clear from day one that I am not a saint, sadhu or sadhvi. I am a normal girl, I live in a normal house, I live with my family. I tell the same thing to the youth that you should work hard, earn money, give yourself a good life, give your family a good life and fulfil your dreams,” she added.
Recently, her photo with the Dior bag went viral on social media. Her followers questioned her credibility as a spiritual preacher. One of the X users said, “Never heard Dior customising bags without leather .. maybe they do for special customers.”
Meanwhile, another user wrote, “Wearing the attire of a Sadhvi and doing Katha and then saying i am not sadhvi is like cheating. Since you changed your profession doesn’t mean you will fool people by saying i never said iam sadhvi.”
Kishori has more than 12.3 million followers on Instagram.
