Shani Shingnapur temple allows women inside inner sanctum

April 08, 2016 13:49

After days of confrontation, the Shani Shingnapur trust today allowed women devotees to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the famous temple.

Earlier today, dozens of male devotees broke barricades to enter the innermost area of the temple in violation of the trust's restrictions on both male and female devotees.

The temple in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district has traditionally banned women from entering the shrine's sacred platform.Last week, the Bombay high court had ruled that it is the fundamental right of women to go into places of worship.

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