After Shingnapur, women attempt to enter Kolhapur's Mahalaxmi temple

April 05, 2016 01:11

Following the controversy regarding allowing women into the core area of Shani temple at Shingnapur in Maharashtra, a row erupted on Monday at another famous shrine in the state, the Goddess Mahalaxmi temple in

Kolhapur, over the same issue.

The Bombay high court had last week ruled that there can not be any discrimination against women at the temples, however, the locals at Shingnapur two days ago refused to allow women activists to go up to the platform of Shani temple.

Activists of the women's organisation 'Avani' alleged that they too were not allowed to enter the sanctum of the Mahalaxmi temple.

The organisation had decided to break the taboo against women's entry in the core area of sanctum in the light of the high court judgement, but some women devotees did not allow its activists in, she said.

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