Right To Pray

Haji Ali Sabke Liye: Bombay HC likely to pronounce verdict on Tuesday

The Bombay High Court is likely to pronounce on Tuesday its much-awaited verdict on a petition challenging the ban on women to the burial area of the saint inside the famous Haji Ali dargah here.

Woman seer seeking right to Shahi Snan arrested in Ujjain

Trikal Bhavanta, the woman seer who entered a pit to take 'Samadhi' (embrace death) here on Tuesday to press her demand for right to women to take Shahi Snan during Simhastha Kumbh, was arrested

Trupti Desai now wants RSS to admit women

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) must allow women to become its members, Trupti Desai, who has been leading a campaign for women's right to worship in temples, said on Monday.

Another gender equality win: Women allowed to enter Trimbakeshwar temple

Women on Thursday morning were permitted entry to the Trimbakeshwar temple here

'Haji Ali sabke liye': NGOs, activists come together to seek women's entry at dargah

After a campaign on the Shani Temple in Ahmednagar district, a similar movement has been launched to seek entry of women at the Haji Ali Dargah in the city.

Shani Shingnapur victory: It still took men to barge into the temple and clear the way for women

Going by the developments in India these days over Shani temple and various other places of worship that day is not impossible to envisage. Such is the significance of what has taken place at Shani Shignapur temple.

'We will keep winning': Trupti Desai, right-to-pray activist talks about gender equality in religion

On Thursday, the Bombay High Court directed the State Government to allow the entry of women into temples. Trupti Desai in conversation with Firstpost.

Women should be allowed entry into all temples: Shashi Tharoor

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said the Sabarimala temple must open its doors to women of all age groups.

Islam does not bar women to enter graveyards, time we know the truth, says Zeenat Shaukat Ali

At the forefront of the campaign to allow Muslim women to enter the Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai, Ali believes that all traditions banning women in the heart of religious shrines and temples depicts our society’s deep-rooted women-phobia.