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Video Of Dalits Allegedly Barred From UP Temple Goes Viral, Case Filed
A video allegedly showing a group of women from the Valmiki community being denied entry to a temple in the western Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district is being investigated by the police
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Menstruating Women Not Allowed In Fire Temple: Delhi Parsi Anjuman
The Delhi Parsi Anjuman (DPA) has told the Delhi High Court that barring women from entering the Fire Temple during their period of menstruation is done with the purpose of protecting the consecrated fire.
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Protesters Stop Another Woman From Reaching Sabarimala Shrine
Another woman in the "barred" age group made a futile attempt to reach Sabarimala today, but was forced to retreat by agitated protesters, while security was tightened at the shrine amid reports that more women of menstruating age could try to visit the temple before its doors close tonight. Bindu, a Dalit activist, who was proceeding to Pamba at t...
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Opinion: Why The Sabarimala Judgment Should Worry Freedom-Loving Liberals
There is, especially to those who care about individual rights, something disturbing about this entire process. The "tradition" that bars many women from entering the temple is not of any great age, but even so, it has settled into the complex of beliefs held by worshippers of the temple's deity, Ayyappa.
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Amid Gender Row, Nashik's Trimbakeshwar Temple In Spotlight
Amid campaigns against ban on women from entering the 'chauthara' of Shani Shingnapur shrine and certain restrictions for them at Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai, famous Trimbakeshwar temple in Maharashtra has also come into spotlight for bar on female devotees offering prayers in the inner sanctum.
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Letting Women Worship Here Is 'A Sin': Sabarimala Temple Defends Ban
Government authorities and temple officials in Kerala state are standing firmly by a decades-old tradition of banning women from one of the holiest Hindu temples after the Supreme Court questioned the temple's right to bar women.
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Ambala temple bans entry of women, imposes fine
A temple in Ambala has stopped the entry of women because the priests believe women practice black magic inside the temple. More shockingly, the women of the area are divided over this and with some even supporting it.Kawaljit Kaur who used to come to the temple every morning is furious and says, "I don't understand why they have done this. They sh...
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Video Of Dalits Allegedly Barred From UP Temple Goes Viral, Case Filed
A video allegedly showing a group of women from the Valmiki community being denied entry to a temple in the western Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district is being investigated by the police
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Menstruating Women Not Allowed In Fire Temple: Delhi Parsi Anjuman
The Delhi Parsi Anjuman (DPA) has told the Delhi High Court that barring women from entering the Fire Temple during their period of menstruation is done with the purpose of protecting the consecrated fire.
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Protesters Stop Another Woman From Reaching Sabarimala Shrine
Another woman in the "barred" age group made a futile attempt to reach Sabarimala today, but was forced to retreat by agitated protesters, while security was tightened at the shrine amid reports that more women of menstruating age could try to visit the temple before its doors close tonight. Bindu, a Dalit activist, who was proceeding to Pamba at t...
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Opinion: Why The Sabarimala Judgment Should Worry Freedom-Loving Liberals
There is, especially to those who care about individual rights, something disturbing about this entire process. The "tradition" that bars many women from entering the temple is not of any great age, but even so, it has settled into the complex of beliefs held by worshippers of the temple's deity, Ayyappa.
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Amid Gender Row, Nashik's Trimbakeshwar Temple In Spotlight
Amid campaigns against ban on women from entering the 'chauthara' of Shani Shingnapur shrine and certain restrictions for them at Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai, famous Trimbakeshwar temple in Maharashtra has also come into spotlight for bar on female devotees offering prayers in the inner sanctum.
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Letting Women Worship Here Is 'A Sin': Sabarimala Temple Defends Ban
Government authorities and temple officials in Kerala state are standing firmly by a decades-old tradition of banning women from one of the holiest Hindu temples after the Supreme Court questioned the temple's right to bar women.
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Ambala temple bans entry of women, imposes fine
A temple in Ambala has stopped the entry of women because the priests believe women practice black magic inside the temple. More shockingly, the women of the area are divided over this and with some even supporting it.Kawaljit Kaur who used to come to the temple every morning is furious and says, "I don't understand why they have done this. They sh...
