The incident reportedly happened last Friday.
A woman took her birthday celebration to Varanasi's Kaal Bhairav temple and recorded a video of her cutting a cake in the sanctum sanctorum. The video, now in wide circulation on social media, is receiving sharp criticism from devotees and religious leaders.
In the video, Mamata Rai - a model with one million followers on Instagram - is seen entering the temple and performing rituals before cutting a cake inside the temple and offering the first slice to the deity. The incident reportedly happened last Friday.
The video, however, did not sit well with many devotees who are criticising the woman for cutting the cake inside the temple's sanctum sanctorum and also the priest of the temple who did not stop the woman from doing so.
A religious body in Varanasi called 'Kashi Vidwat Parishad' has expressed strong objection to the video and is preparing to send a notice to the priest who was present during the making of the video.
With inputs from Piyush Acharya.