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Women Voluntarily Accept Entry Ban: Sabarimala Temple Body To Top Court
The ban on women from entering Sabarimala temple is not anti-women and is voluntarily accepted by them, the temple board told the Supreme Court today. But the top court again underlined that the all customary or religious practices such as a ban on entry of women had to conform to constitutional principles.
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Supreme Court Questions Practice Of Barring Women At Sabarimala
The Supreme Court today questioned the centuries-old practice of barring entry of women between the age group of 10 to 50 years to Sabarimala temple in Kerala saying it would test whether "faith and belief" can differentiate among persons of same "denominations".
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'A Hindu Is A Hindu', Says Supreme Court On Women At Sabarimala Temple
The Supreme Court today observed that "in the Hindu religion there is no denomination of a Hindu male or female. A Hindu is a Hindu". The remarks were made as the top court decides whether the famous Sabarimala temple in Kerala must end a centuries-old ban on women of reproductive age.
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All Temples Must Be Open To Women: Farooq Abdullah
Hailing the celebration of Holi by widows in Vrindavan, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said all temples must be open to women.
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RSS Gives A Thumbs Down On Banning Women In Temples
In what could be seen an attempt at an image makeover, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, the ideological mentor of the BJP, has advocated for women entry into temples, calling the practice of banning them from the sanctum sanctorum of some temples as 'unfair'.
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Sabarimala Petitioner Alleges 500 Threat Calls
A lawyer who is leading the campaign for the famous Sabarimala temple in Kerala to allow entry to women, has received 500 threatening phone calls, many of them from the US, in recent days, the Supreme Court was informed today.
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Woman Who Broke Tradition by Praying at Shani Temple Near Pune Seeks Protection
A woman, who broke an age-old tradition prohibiting the fairer sex from offering prayers at the Shani Shingnapur shrine in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, today termed her act as deliberate and requested Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to provide her security.
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Women Voluntarily Accept Entry Ban: Sabarimala Temple Body To Top Court
The ban on women from entering Sabarimala temple is not anti-women and is voluntarily accepted by them, the temple board told the Supreme Court today. But the top court again underlined that the all customary or religious practices such as a ban on entry of women had to conform to constitutional principles.
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Supreme Court Questions Practice Of Barring Women At Sabarimala
The Supreme Court today questioned the centuries-old practice of barring entry of women between the age group of 10 to 50 years to Sabarimala temple in Kerala saying it would test whether "faith and belief" can differentiate among persons of same "denominations".
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'A Hindu Is A Hindu', Says Supreme Court On Women At Sabarimala Temple
The Supreme Court today observed that "in the Hindu religion there is no denomination of a Hindu male or female. A Hindu is a Hindu". The remarks were made as the top court decides whether the famous Sabarimala temple in Kerala must end a centuries-old ban on women of reproductive age.
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All Temples Must Be Open To Women: Farooq Abdullah
Hailing the celebration of Holi by widows in Vrindavan, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said all temples must be open to women.
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RSS Gives A Thumbs Down On Banning Women In Temples
In what could be seen an attempt at an image makeover, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, the ideological mentor of the BJP, has advocated for women entry into temples, calling the practice of banning them from the sanctum sanctorum of some temples as 'unfair'.
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Sabarimala Petitioner Alleges 500 Threat Calls
A lawyer who is leading the campaign for the famous Sabarimala temple in Kerala to allow entry to women, has received 500 threatening phone calls, many of them from the US, in recent days, the Supreme Court was informed today.
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Woman Who Broke Tradition by Praying at Shani Temple Near Pune Seeks Protection
A woman, who broke an age-old tradition prohibiting the fairer sex from offering prayers at the Shani Shingnapur shrine in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, today termed her act as deliberate and requested Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to provide her security.
