Gurugram: Lamenting her failure to "get" Lord Shiva despite years of austerities and fervent devotion, a woman committed suicide in a temple here, police said on Saturday.
Anisha Sharma immolated herself on the premises of a temple at Inchapuri on Gurugram-Pataudi road on Friday evening.
The 22-year-old reached the temple on Friday evening after college and performed some religious rituals in an under-construction hall on the premises before she poured petrol over herself and set herself afire.
"After devotion and austerity for several years, I have failed to get Lord Shiva, so I am sacrificing my mortal body," she wrote in a suicide note recovered from the spot, police officer Raj Kumar told IANS. Raj Kumar said that she was also undergoing treatment for depression.
In her letter, she also apologized to Goddess Parvati, who is believed to be the wife of Lord Shiva, and expressed hope that she will definitely get Lord Shiva in the next birth.
Anisha, a resident of village Sherpur near Heli Mandi, 28 km from here, was pursuing her master's from a college in the state's Rewari.
Police said that the temple's priest told them Anisha was a dedicated devotee who had been coming there for many years.
On Saturday, the body was handed over to her family after post-mortem examination. She has three elder sisters and a younger one, and one brother, who is a farmer.
