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Women Break Centuries-Old Barrier, Lead Aarti At Jammu Temple
- Thursday June 4, 2026
- India News | Reported by Pradeep Dutta
For the first time, women being trained for priests' roles are leading the evening aarti here.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pink Smoke Signals In Rome Call For Women Priests
- Thursday May 8, 2025
- World News | AFP
Excluded from the conclave to elect a new pope Wednesday -- and more broadly from the Church's entire global priesthood -- some Catholic women were determined that their voices will be heard.
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www.ndtv.com
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"New Era Of Equality": MK Stalin Welcomes 3 Women Who Will Become Priests
- Saturday September 16, 2023
- Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin
In a first of its kind, three women will become temple priests and enter the sanctum sanctorum of temples in Tamil Nadu, breaking caste barriers and bringing about gender equality.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Not Worried About Salary": 3 Women Become Priests In Tamil Nadu
- Friday September 15, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
Taking the opportunity to close the gender gap in the profession, three young women -- one the first graduate in a family, another a graduate and the third a postgraduate -- have chosen to take up the sacred vocation of priest in a Hindu temple.
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www.ndtv.com
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Why Can't Women Perform Puja At Temples: Delhi High Court Asks Priest
- Wednesday February 8, 2017
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
Why can't a woman perform puja and 'sewa' at temples, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked a priest who sought a judicial order to restrain his two sisters from doing so and sharing offerings at the famous Kalkaji temple in New Delhi .
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www.ndtv.com
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Latin America's First Women Priests Challenge the Church
- Thursday April 2, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Olga Lucia Alvarez, a Colombian septuagenarian, says it is her vocation to be a Catholic priest, and she is not going to let gender or excommunication stop her from preaching the gospel.
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www.ndtv.com
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Women priests defy stereotypes at Mangalore temple
- Tuesday October 8, 2013
- South | Maya Sharma
Usually, priests you see at a Hindu temple are all men and widows are unable to take part in many ceremonies. But turning all that on its head, this temple has taken the step towards equality and respect for all by training two women, whose husbands have died, to become priests.
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www.ndtv.com
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Women priests challenge norms in Kolkata
- Tuesday September 22, 2009
- India News | Alok Pandey
In our biggest celebration of the Mother Goddess, women have never been allowed as priests.
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www.ndtv.com
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Women Break Centuries-Old Barrier, Lead Aarti At Jammu Temple
- Thursday June 4, 2026
- India News | Reported by Pradeep Dutta
For the first time, women being trained for priests' roles are leading the evening aarti here.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pink Smoke Signals In Rome Call For Women Priests
- Thursday May 8, 2025
- World News | AFP
Excluded from the conclave to elect a new pope Wednesday -- and more broadly from the Church's entire global priesthood -- some Catholic women were determined that their voices will be heard.
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www.ndtv.com
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"New Era Of Equality": MK Stalin Welcomes 3 Women Who Will Become Priests
- Saturday September 16, 2023
- Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin
In a first of its kind, three women will become temple priests and enter the sanctum sanctorum of temples in Tamil Nadu, breaking caste barriers and bringing about gender equality.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Not Worried About Salary": 3 Women Become Priests In Tamil Nadu
- Friday September 15, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
Taking the opportunity to close the gender gap in the profession, three young women -- one the first graduate in a family, another a graduate and the third a postgraduate -- have chosen to take up the sacred vocation of priest in a Hindu temple.
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www.ndtv.com
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Why Can't Women Perform Puja At Temples: Delhi High Court Asks Priest
- Wednesday February 8, 2017
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
Why can't a woman perform puja and 'sewa' at temples, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked a priest who sought a judicial order to restrain his two sisters from doing so and sharing offerings at the famous Kalkaji temple in New Delhi .
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www.ndtv.com
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Latin America's First Women Priests Challenge the Church
- Thursday April 2, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Olga Lucia Alvarez, a Colombian septuagenarian, says it is her vocation to be a Catholic priest, and she is not going to let gender or excommunication stop her from preaching the gospel.
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www.ndtv.com
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Women priests defy stereotypes at Mangalore temple
- Tuesday October 8, 2013
- South | Maya Sharma
Usually, priests you see at a Hindu temple are all men and widows are unable to take part in many ceremonies. But turning all that on its head, this temple has taken the step towards equality and respect for all by training two women, whose husbands have died, to become priests.
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www.ndtv.com
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Women priests challenge norms in Kolkata
- Tuesday September 22, 2009
- India News | Alok Pandey
In our biggest celebration of the Mother Goddess, women have never been allowed as priests.
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www.ndtv.com