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  Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra closed for devotees amid coronavirus fears

  India | March 17, 2020 14:56 IST

  Shani 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 | April 25, 2016 17:41 IST

  The 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 | April 11, 2016 17:18 IST

  New 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 | April 08, 2016 20:19 IST

  In 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 | April 02, 2016 20:05 IST

  Important stories of the day

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  Locals stop women from entering Shani temple; Trupti Desai-led activists in police custody

  India | April 02, 2016 20:45 IST

  Bhumata 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 | April 01, 2016 18:31 IST

  Mumbai: 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 | March 30, 2016 16:18 IST

  The 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 | March 07, 2016 23:21 IST

  Nashik: 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 | January 27, 2016 14:54 IST

  Mumbai: 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 | January 26, 2016 16:50 IST

  Ahmednagar (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 | January 12, 2016 7:52 IST

  Ahmednagar: 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