Women Entry In Shani Temple

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  Haji Ali Shrine Give Full Access To Women, Says Court. Not Ok, Says Trust

  Women have the right to enter the core or inner sanctum of Mumbai's famous Haji Ali shrine, the Bombay High Court has ruled. However, women cannot avail of the order just yet - the trust that runs the shrine wants to appeal the decision in the Supreme Court, so today's verdict is suspended or put on hold for six weeks.

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  New Body Formed To Fight For Entry Of Women In Haji Ali Dargah

  After the successful right-to-pray campaign centred around the Shani Temple in Ahmednagar district, a similar public-backed movement has been launched to seek entry of women into the core area of the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai.

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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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  Can Women Be Told Not to Climb Everest? Court Asks Sabarimala Authorities

  Amid the huge controversy over woman demanding their right to enter temples where they have been traditionally banned, the Supreme court today said restricting their entry to the sanctum sanctorum of Sabarimala temple, one of the holiest shrines of India, puts "gender justice in danger."

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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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  Ban Is History. Shani Shingnapur Temple Opens Gates To Women

  For months, women activists, in particular Trupti Desai, have tried unsuccessfully to enter a famous temple to Saturn or Lord Shani in Maharashtra. Today, temple officials said that women will neither be encouraged nor stopped from entering the temple, effectively lifting the ban on entry of women.

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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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  RSS Gives A Thumbs Down On Banning Women In Temples

  In what could be seen an attempt at an image makeover, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, the ideological mentor of the BJP, has advocated for women entry into temples, calling the practice of banning them from the sanctum sanctorum of some temples as 'unfair'.

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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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  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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  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Favours Women's Entry Into Shani Temple

  Favouring women's entry into the Shani temple in Maharashtra's Shinganapur village, seer and Art of Living (AoL) founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today suggested two models to overcome the centuries-old taboo.

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  After Tweet, Devendra Fadnavis Meets Women Activists On Shani Temple

  After voting for their cause, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today met women activists who were stopped yesterday from entering the Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar about 160 km from Pune.

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  In Shani Temple Dispute Over Women, Chief Minister Fadnavis Picks A Side

  After scenes of melee were witnessed in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar as nearly 500 women activists, who were trying to force their way into a temple, were stopped en route by nearly 1,000 villagers and the local police, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said women have the right to pray and urged the temple authorities to hold a dialogue with the wo...

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  There Should Be No Discrimination Against Women at Temple: Hema Malini

  In the wake of a controversy on the practice of prohibiting entry to women at a Shani temple in the state, BJP lawmaker Hema Malini today said there should not be any gender-based discrimination in temples.