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After Day's Tension, Trupti Desai Turned Away From Mumbai's Haji Ali Dargah
Rights activist Trupti Desai's efforts to enter Mumbai's Haji Ali dargah were foiled by policemen and locals this evening. The activist -- who had successfully campaigned against the ban on women entering the Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur temple -- had planned to enter the dargah, one of the foremost Muslim shrines, which does not allow women in i...
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Kerala Temple Tragedy Due To Women's Entry In Shani Temple: Religious Leader
Religious leader Swaroopanand Saraswati said on Monday that the "Kerala temple tragedy may have occurred due to women forcibly entering the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra," which had been banned for over four centuries.
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Expect More Rapes With Women Allowed Into Shani Temple, Says Shankaracharya Swaroopanand
The entry of women into a famous temple devoted to Lord Shani or Saturn in Maharashtra will drive more rapes, a senior religious leader has said.
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Devotees Visit Maharashtra's Shani Temple After Ban Is Lifted
Men and women lined up to the sanctum sanctorum of Maharashtra's famous Shani Shingnapur temple since on Saturday to offer prayers on the first Saturday after a 400-year -old ban on entry of women into the shrine's core area was lifted.
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Shani Shingnapur Temple Opens Doors To Women, Ends Ban: 10 Developments
Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur temple today threw open its doors to women, ending a centuries-old ban that had been challenged in courts by various activists and inspired a high-voltage campaign.
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Maharashtra Temple Row: Activist Targets Devendra Fadnavis
Upset over police action preventing women activists from entering the sacred platform of the Shani temple, activist Trupti Desai today said she would file an police complaint or FIR against Maharashtra Chief Minister if he fails to honour the Bombay High Court order facilitating entry of females at places of worship.
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Women Activists Led by Trupti Desai Stopped At Shani Temple Despite Court Orders
A day after the Bombay High Court upheld women's right to go to all places of worship, activists led by Trupti Desai, tried to enter the inner sanctum of the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra. But, locals blocked their entry.
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Women Can Now Enter All Parts Of All Temples In Maharashtra
Temples in Maharashtra can no longer cite centuries-old traditions to ban the entry of women. The Bombay High Court ruled today that offering prayers at a temple "is the fundamental right of a woman and the government's fundamental duty to protect their (women) right."
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Activists March Against Ban On Women In Maharashtra's Trimbakeshwar Temple
Keeping up the campaign against gender bias at places of worship, around 150 women under the banner of Bhumata Brigade today left for the famous Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik district in Maharashtra seeking to break the bar on female devotees at the inner sanctum of the Lord Shiva shrine.
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Shani Temple Row: Petition Challenging Ban On Women's Entry Filed In Court
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the century-old tradition of prohibiting entry of women inside the core shrine area of Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.
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Shani Temple Row: Bhoomata Brigade Leader Detained
Bhoomata Brigade leader Trupti Desai was today detained in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district while heading to the Shani Shingnapur temple where she had spearheaded a campaign last month against ban on female devotees entering the sacred platform.
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Maharashtra Temple Row: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Suggests Solution
Mediating on the issue of gender bias at Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur temple, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today claimed to have arrived at a solution that allows both men and women to have "darshan" of the deity some distance away.
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Temple Entry Row: Activist Gets Sri Sri Ravishankar's Invitation For Discussion
Trupti Desai, spearheading the campaign seeking women's entry into the sanctum of Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra, said she has been invited by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar tomorrow to discuss the issue.
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Hope Of Truce In Maharashtra Temple Row After Activists, Staff Meet
Activists campaigning for the entry of women into the inner sanctum of Maharashtra's Shani Shignapur temple and staff who have opposed the move, held a round of "positive" talks with both sides expecting Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to take the process forward.
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Shani Temple Dispute: Womens' Organisation, Authorities To Hold Talks Tomorrow
Leader of a women's organisation that led a high-voltage stir against gender bias at Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar, and the shrine authorities have been called tomorrow by the district authorities to discuss the centuries-old ban on female devotees entering the sacred platform.
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After Day's Tension, Trupti Desai Turned Away From Mumbai's Haji Ali Dargah
Rights activist Trupti Desai's efforts to enter Mumbai's Haji Ali dargah were foiled by policemen and locals this evening. The activist -- who had successfully campaigned against the ban on women entering the Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur temple -- had planned to enter the dargah, one of the foremost Muslim shrines, which does not allow women in i...
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Kerala Temple Tragedy Due To Women's Entry In Shani Temple: Religious Leader
Religious leader Swaroopanand Saraswati said on Monday that the "Kerala temple tragedy may have occurred due to women forcibly entering the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra," which had been banned for over four centuries.
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Expect More Rapes With Women Allowed Into Shani Temple, Says Shankaracharya Swaroopanand
The entry of women into a famous temple devoted to Lord Shani or Saturn in Maharashtra will drive more rapes, a senior religious leader has said.
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Devotees Visit Maharashtra's Shani Temple After Ban Is Lifted
Men and women lined up to the sanctum sanctorum of Maharashtra's famous Shani Shingnapur temple since on Saturday to offer prayers on the first Saturday after a 400-year -old ban on entry of women into the shrine's core area was lifted.
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Shani Shingnapur Temple Opens Doors To Women, Ends Ban: 10 Developments
Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur temple today threw open its doors to women, ending a centuries-old ban that had been challenged in courts by various activists and inspired a high-voltage campaign.
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Maharashtra Temple Row: Activist Targets Devendra Fadnavis
Upset over police action preventing women activists from entering the sacred platform of the Shani temple, activist Trupti Desai today said she would file an police complaint or FIR against Maharashtra Chief Minister if he fails to honour the Bombay High Court order facilitating entry of females at places of worship.
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Women Activists Led by Trupti Desai Stopped At Shani Temple Despite Court Orders
A day after the Bombay High Court upheld women's right to go to all places of worship, activists led by Trupti Desai, tried to enter the inner sanctum of the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra. But, locals blocked their entry.
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Women Can Now Enter All Parts Of All Temples In Maharashtra
Temples in Maharashtra can no longer cite centuries-old traditions to ban the entry of women. The Bombay High Court ruled today that offering prayers at a temple "is the fundamental right of a woman and the government's fundamental duty to protect their (women) right."
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Activists March Against Ban On Women In Maharashtra's Trimbakeshwar Temple
Keeping up the campaign against gender bias at places of worship, around 150 women under the banner of Bhumata Brigade today left for the famous Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik district in Maharashtra seeking to break the bar on female devotees at the inner sanctum of the Lord Shiva shrine.
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Shani Temple Row: Petition Challenging Ban On Women's Entry Filed In Court
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the century-old tradition of prohibiting entry of women inside the core shrine area of Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.
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Shani Temple Row: Bhoomata Brigade Leader Detained
Bhoomata Brigade leader Trupti Desai was today detained in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district while heading to the Shani Shingnapur temple where she had spearheaded a campaign last month against ban on female devotees entering the sacred platform.
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Maharashtra Temple Row: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Suggests Solution
Mediating on the issue of gender bias at Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur temple, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today claimed to have arrived at a solution that allows both men and women to have "darshan" of the deity some distance away.
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Temple Entry Row: Activist Gets Sri Sri Ravishankar's Invitation For Discussion
Trupti Desai, spearheading the campaign seeking women's entry into the sanctum of Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra, said she has been invited by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar tomorrow to discuss the issue.
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Hope Of Truce In Maharashtra Temple Row After Activists, Staff Meet
Activists campaigning for the entry of women into the inner sanctum of Maharashtra's Shani Shignapur temple and staff who have opposed the move, held a round of "positive" talks with both sides expecting Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to take the process forward.
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Shani Temple Dispute: Womens' Organisation, Authorities To Hold Talks Tomorrow
Leader of a women's organisation that led a high-voltage stir against gender bias at Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar, and the shrine authorities have been called tomorrow by the district authorities to discuss the centuries-old ban on female devotees entering the sacred platform.
