Shani Shingnapur
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Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra closed for devotees amid coronavirus fears
India | Mar 17, 2020, 02:56 PM ISTShani Shingnapur temple has been closed for devotees till further notice amid coronavirus outbreak in the country. It is one of the most famous temples that attracts lakhs of pilgrims.
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Sabarimala row: Are you associating menstruation with purity of women, SC asks temple trust
India | Apr 25, 2016, 05:41 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has raised some pertinent questions to the temple administration which has defended its position not to allow the entry of women in the name of age-old tradition.
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Women’s entry in Shani Shingapur will lead to more rapes: Swami Swaroopanand
India | Apr 11, 2016, 05:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati has waded into a controversy by saying that entry of women in the Shani Shingnapur temple will lead to rise in crimes against them like rape. “Women should
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Curb lifted, women enter Shani Shingnapur temple, offer prayers
India | Apr 08, 2016, 08:19 PM ISTIn a historic decision, the Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust today allowed women to enter the inner sanctum of the historic temple and offer prayers to the Lord Shanidev - the personification of planet Saturn.
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2nd April News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Apr 02, 2016, 08:05 PM ISTImportant stories of the day
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Locals stop women from entering Shani temple; Trupti Desai-led activists in police custody
India | Apr 02, 2016, 08:45 PM ISTBhumata brigade activists led by Trupti Desai are all set to march to Shani Shinganapur Temple in Ahmednagar, a day after Bombay High Court ruled that women can’t be stopped from entering places of worship.
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HC rules in favour of women, paves way for entry in Shani Shignapur temple
India | Apr 01, 2016, 06:31 PM ISTMumbai: In a ruling with far-reaching implications, the Bombay High Court today declared that no law prevents women from entering places of worship and there should be no gender discrimination as far as entering one
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No law prevents women from entering temples: HC on Shani Shingnapur row
India | Mar 30, 2016, 04:18 PM ISTThe Bombay High Court today held that there was no law that could prevent women from equal access to places of worship and said that women could not be barred from entering the Shani Shinganapur temple.
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Standoff at Trimbakeshwar temple over entry of women, 100 detained
India | Mar 07, 2016, 11:21 PM ISTNashik: The Maharashtra police are reported to have detained over 100 women including activist Trupti Desai of the Pune-based Bhumata Brigade for trying to defy a ban on the entry of women to the inner
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Shani Shingnapur temple row: All you need to know
India | Jan 27, 2016, 02:54 PM ISTMumbai: On Tuesday, a group of 500 women from Bhumata Ranragini Brigade led by president Trupti Desai, set out in buses to defy five-century-old tradition that debars women from worshipping the stone idol of Lord
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Over 1,000 women plan to storm Shani Shingnapur temple in chopper
India | Jan 26, 2016, 04:50 PM ISTAhmednagar (Maharashtra): In an attempt to break the age-old tradition that prohibits women from entering the Shani Shingnapur temple, around 1,000 to 1,500 women, have planned to enter the famous temple in Ahmednagar district of
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In a first, woman appointed head of Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust
India | Jan 12, 2016, 07:52 AM ISTAhmednagar: 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.However, the age-old tradition of not allowing women devotees