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2016-02-19 14:53:08 UTC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35595501#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Enough is enough: India women fight to enter temples
For centuries, temples and shrines in India have used "tradition" to
keep women out, but now women are increasingly fighting for their right
to worship, writes the BBC's
Geeta Pandey in Delhi.
In recent weeks, the patriarchal managements of shrines that bar
women devotees, have been facing unprecedented challenge.
Last month, several hundred women took part in a march from the
western city of Pune towards the Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar
district in the state of
Maharashtra.
"Our aim was to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the 350-year-old
temple which is forbidden to women," Trupti Desai, leader of the
protesters and member of a local women's
rights group, the Bhumata Brigade, (Women Warriors of Mother Earth)
told the BBC.
Enough is enough: India women fight to enter temples
For centuries, temples and shrines in India have used "tradition" to
keep women out, but now women are increasingly fighting for their right
to worship, writes the BBC's
Geeta Pandey in Delhi.
In recent weeks, the patriarchal managements of shrines that bar
women devotees, have been facing unprecedented challenge.
Last month, several hundred women took part in a march from the
western city of Pune towards the Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar
district in the state of
Maharashtra.
"Our aim was to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the 350-year-old
temple which is forbidden to women," Trupti Desai, leader of the
protesters and member of a local women's
rights group, the Bhumata Brigade, (Women Warriors of Mother Earth)
told the BBC.