Maharashtra CM Fadnavis backs women on Shani Shingnapur temple row
Maintaining that women have right to pray, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday favoured a dialogue between authorities of Shani Shingnapur temple and activists to find a way out over the ban on entry of female devotees into the inner sanctum of the shrine.
Jan 27, 2016, 09:00 AM IST
Activists voice support for women trying to enter Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur temple
Women activists on Tuesday voiced their support for those women set to march towards Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra to break the centuries old tradition of not allowing the feminine gender to enter the sanctum sanctorum.
Jan 26, 2016, 23:31 PM IST
Shani Shingnapur temple entry ban row: Who is Bhumata Ranragini Brigade's chief Trupti Desai?
A group of women activists headed to Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra were stopped at Supa village, 70 km from the shrine. The protest was led by Bhumata Ranragini Brigade which had announced to worship Lord Shani at the sacred platform as a symbolic gesture to break the gender barrier at the shrine.
Jan 26, 2016, 19:17 PM IST
Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur: Why this temple is so famous - 5 things you may not know
Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur made the headlines on Tuesday as hundreds of women activists who were on their way to the temple - to protest the entry ban inside the shrine's inner sanctum - were stopped by the security officials at Supa village in the state.
Jan 26, 2016, 18:14 PM IST
Historic: A housewife to head Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust
Defying the old-age tradition, for the first time in the history a woman will be heading the Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust.
Jan 12, 2016, 12:14 PM IST
Housewife creates history, heads famous 'Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust'
A history of sorts was created when Anita Shetye, a housewife, was unanimously appointed the first ever woman chairperson of the famous Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust, an official said on Monday.
Jan 11, 2016, 20:25 PM IST
Pankaja Munde defends Shani Shingnapur temple’s practice of barring women
Women are traditionally barred from offering prayers at the Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district.
Dec 04, 2015, 08:46 AM IST
