Maharashtra temple purifies idol after woman offers prayers

November 30, 2015 09:06

The idol of a famous temple dedicated to the ruling deity of Saturn was purified on Sunday after a woman broke a long-held tradition which bars females from entering the sanctum sanctorum of the Hindu place of worship in Maharashtra. The temple dedicated to 'Shani' is located at Shingnapur, a town of 4,000 in Ahmednagar district and around 330 km northeast of Mumbai, where no house has doors but only the frames as entrances.

Villagers said the woman at the centre of the storm jumped over the barricade, offered prayers and then disappeared into the large crowd. While justifying the milk 'abhishek' to purify the idol '" a five-feet-tall slab of black rock -- the temple trust president said it was done to "respect the sentiments of villagers' who were unhappy over the way the woman touched the idol.

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