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In Sabarimala Case, Court Claims 'Superstition' Review Right, Cites Sati
Earlier, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the centre, said that India's traditions reflect deep respect for women, pointing to cultural and religious practices across the country.
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"Rooted In Tradition, Not Discrimination": Centre On Women In Sabarimala
The ban on women (between ages 10-50) at Sabarimala stems from Lord Ayyappa's nature as Naishtika Brahmachari, not impurity or inferiority, the Centre said in written submission filed ahead of the hearing.
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Woman Activist Who Entered Sabarimala Won't Be Invited To Ayyappa Minister
Kerala Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan on Sunday made it clear that Bindu Ammini, one of the women activists who entered into the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple in 2019, will not be invited to take part in the upcoming Global Ayyappa Sangamam.
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Supreme Court To Frame Issues About Gender Inequality At Religious Places
The Supreme Court is scheduled to frame issues for deliberation regarding discrimination against women in various religions and at religious places, including Kerala's Sabarimala temple, on Monday.
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Sabarimala Temple Opens Amid Row Over Women Of All Ages Visiting Shrine
The Sabarimala temple opened at 5 pm today for the 41-day annual pilgrimage season, hours after 10 women from Andhra Pradesh were sent back from the hill shrine in Kerala this afternoon. The state government on Friday said the shrine is "no place for activism" and activists hoping to make a statement by going on the pilgrimage will not be given pol...
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No Protection For "Activists" Making Sabarimala Pilgrimage, Warns Kerala
While the Supreme Court has allowed women of all ages to continue visiting the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, the Kerala government on Friday clarified that activists hoping to make a statement by taking up the pilgrimage will not be given police protection. "This is not a place for activism. This is not a place for activists like Trupti Desai ...
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Entry In Sabarimala Not Banned, Says Woman Who First Visited Temple
Kanakadurga, who created history by praying at the Sabarimala temple on January 2, welcomed the Supreme Court's decision on Thursday, which referred the issue of entry of women into the temple and other religious places to a larger seven-judge bench.
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Political Parties In Kerala Welcome Top Court Decision In Sabarimala Case
Political parties in Kerala on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to refer its September 28, 2018 order allowing women of all ages into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala to a larger bench.
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Sabarimala All-Women Entry Continues, Larger Bench To Take Up Objections
Sabarimala Case Supreme Court: Whether the Supreme Court should review its decision to end the ban on women between 10 and 50 entering Kerala's Sabarimala Temple will be taken up by a larger seven-judge bench.
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"Only Because Of Sabarimala": Top Court To Hear Plea On Women In Mosques
The Supreme Court today said it will examine a plea for allowing entry of women into mosques without any restrictions, and issued a notice to the government, the Central Waqf Council and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board. "We are hearing this case because of the Sabarimala verdict. We will see..." the top court said today. In a landmark verdi...
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"Family Locked Her Out": Foreign Media On Woman Who Entered Sabarimala
A mother of two from a conservative family in southern India, Kanakadurga was told over and over again by her relatives how a good wife should behave.
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Women Who Entered Sabarimala Seek Protection, Top Court To Hear Tomorrow
Faced with threats, two women who entered Kerala's Sabarimala temple earlier this month - defying a decades-old ban on women of menstrual age - have approached the Supreme Court seeking protection. The top court has agreed to hear their petition tomorrow.
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Woman Who Entered Sabarimala Alleges "Mother-In-Law Beat Me", In Hospital
One of the two women who walked into Kerala's Sabarimala earlier this month and became the first to defy the temple's ban on women of menstrual age - or between 10 and 50 - is in hospital after being attacked allegedly by her mother-in-law.
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Amid Kerala Protests, Lankan Is Third Woman To Enter Sabarimala Temple: Police
A 46-year-old woman from Sri Lanka, who entered the Sabarimala temple last night, became the third woman of menstruating age in the temple's history to offer darshan to the shrine of Lord Ayyappa nestled in the Western Ghats, since Supreme Court ordered the end of a decades-old ban on women of menstrual age entering the shrine.
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Attacked By Sabarimala Protesters, She Kept Camera Rolling. Pic Is Viral
Tears streaming down her face, cameraperson Shajila Abdulrahman kept filming as she was targeted by Sabarimala protesters on Wednesday. The powerful image is in wide circulation on social media as protests rage across Kerala over two women entering the Sabarimala temple defying a decades-old ban on women below 50, or of menstrual age.
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In Sabarimala Case, Court Claims 'Superstition' Review Right, Cites Sati
Earlier, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the centre, said that India's traditions reflect deep respect for women, pointing to cultural and religious practices across the country.
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"Rooted In Tradition, Not Discrimination": Centre On Women In Sabarimala
The ban on women (between ages 10-50) at Sabarimala stems from Lord Ayyappa's nature as Naishtika Brahmachari, not impurity or inferiority, the Centre said in written submission filed ahead of the hearing.
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Woman Activist Who Entered Sabarimala Won't Be Invited To Ayyappa Minister
Kerala Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan on Sunday made it clear that Bindu Ammini, one of the women activists who entered into the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple in 2019, will not be invited to take part in the upcoming Global Ayyappa Sangamam.
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Supreme Court To Frame Issues About Gender Inequality At Religious Places
The Supreme Court is scheduled to frame issues for deliberation regarding discrimination against women in various religions and at religious places, including Kerala's Sabarimala temple, on Monday.
-
Sabarimala Temple Opens Amid Row Over Women Of All Ages Visiting Shrine
The Sabarimala temple opened at 5 pm today for the 41-day annual pilgrimage season, hours after 10 women from Andhra Pradesh were sent back from the hill shrine in Kerala this afternoon. The state government on Friday said the shrine is "no place for activism" and activists hoping to make a statement by going on the pilgrimage will not be given pol...
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No Protection For "Activists" Making Sabarimala Pilgrimage, Warns Kerala
While the Supreme Court has allowed women of all ages to continue visiting the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, the Kerala government on Friday clarified that activists hoping to make a statement by taking up the pilgrimage will not be given police protection. "This is not a place for activism. This is not a place for activists like Trupti Desai ...
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Entry In Sabarimala Not Banned, Says Woman Who First Visited Temple
Kanakadurga, who created history by praying at the Sabarimala temple on January 2, welcomed the Supreme Court's decision on Thursday, which referred the issue of entry of women into the temple and other religious places to a larger seven-judge bench.
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Political Parties In Kerala Welcome Top Court Decision In Sabarimala Case
Political parties in Kerala on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to refer its September 28, 2018 order allowing women of all ages into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala to a larger bench.
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Sabarimala All-Women Entry Continues, Larger Bench To Take Up Objections
Sabarimala Case Supreme Court: Whether the Supreme Court should review its decision to end the ban on women between 10 and 50 entering Kerala's Sabarimala Temple will be taken up by a larger seven-judge bench.
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"Only Because Of Sabarimala": Top Court To Hear Plea On Women In Mosques
The Supreme Court today said it will examine a plea for allowing entry of women into mosques without any restrictions, and issued a notice to the government, the Central Waqf Council and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board. "We are hearing this case because of the Sabarimala verdict. We will see..." the top court said today. In a landmark verdi...
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"Family Locked Her Out": Foreign Media On Woman Who Entered Sabarimala
A mother of two from a conservative family in southern India, Kanakadurga was told over and over again by her relatives how a good wife should behave.
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Women Who Entered Sabarimala Seek Protection, Top Court To Hear Tomorrow
Faced with threats, two women who entered Kerala's Sabarimala temple earlier this month - defying a decades-old ban on women of menstrual age - have approached the Supreme Court seeking protection. The top court has agreed to hear their petition tomorrow.
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Woman Who Entered Sabarimala Alleges "Mother-In-Law Beat Me", In Hospital
One of the two women who walked into Kerala's Sabarimala earlier this month and became the first to defy the temple's ban on women of menstrual age - or between 10 and 50 - is in hospital after being attacked allegedly by her mother-in-law.
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Amid Kerala Protests, Lankan Is Third Woman To Enter Sabarimala Temple: Police
A 46-year-old woman from Sri Lanka, who entered the Sabarimala temple last night, became the third woman of menstruating age in the temple's history to offer darshan to the shrine of Lord Ayyappa nestled in the Western Ghats, since Supreme Court ordered the end of a decades-old ban on women of menstrual age entering the shrine.
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Attacked By Sabarimala Protesters, She Kept Camera Rolling. Pic Is Viral
Tears streaming down her face, cameraperson Shajila Abdulrahman kept filming as she was targeted by Sabarimala protesters on Wednesday. The powerful image is in wide circulation on social media as protests rage across Kerala over two women entering the Sabarimala temple defying a decades-old ban on women below 50, or of menstrual age.
