Shani Shingnapur

Another gender equality win: Women allowed to enter Trimbakeshwar temple

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

Male Appeasement: Why I’m wary of celebrating Shani Shingnapur and the Pope

From the Vatican to Maharashtra, anger is rising against even the smallest gains by feminists in the religious arena, and male appeasement is getting precedence over female empowerment.

Five Mahalaxmi temple priests booked for assaulting activist Trupti Desai

The police have booked seven people, including five priests of Shri Mahalaxmi Temple here for assaulting Trupti Desai at the temple complex on April 13.

Sabarimala: Supreme Court asks if menstruation can be 'guiding factor' in denying women entry

The Supreme Court is hearing a PIL filed by a lawyers' association seeking an end to the ban on entry of menstruating women in Sabarimala

Venkaiah disagrees with Shankaracharya Swaroopanand's remark on women in Shani Shingnapur temple

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu expressed disagreement with Shankaracharya's statements on women's entry into temples and Sai Baba's worship.

Sabarimala temple row: Can a woman be denied permission to climb Everest, SC asks trust

The Supreme Court on Monday asked lawyers representing the Sabarimala Temple Trust if tradition was greater than the constitution, reported The News Minute.

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.

Shani Shingnapur: Maharashtra CM's wife hails lifting of ban on female devotees from temple sanctum sanctorum

Giving in to a highly publicised campaign by activists, the Shani Shingnapur temple trust on Friday allowed women to enter the sanctum sanctorum, breaking the tradition followed for several decades.

Trimbakeshwar trust's idea of gender equality: Instead of allowing women entry into temple, they revoke men's right to do so

The Trimbakeshwar temple trust initially assured authorities that they would comply with the ruling and open the sanctum's doors to women but later reneged

Shani Shingnapur row: Let society peers and religious seers decide matters of religion, says Shiv Sena

Referring to the High Court ruling, the Shiv Sena questioned whether it is also applicable to women fighting for similar rights in Muslim places of worship.