To protest gender discrimination, about 400 women would be entering the inner sanctum of the popular Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra on Republic Day
31 December,2015 10:08 AM IST | PTI
Defending the practice of not allowing women to perform 'puja' at Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra Rural Development minister Pankaja Munde today opined that traditional rituals cannot be "linked with insult" of female fraternity
04 December,2015 08:17 AM IST | PTI
The Shani Shingnapur Temple is in the midst of a raging controversy following the failed attempt by a group of women to enter the sanctum sanctorum
28 January,2016 07:39 AM IST | MiD DAY Correspondent
Women were on Tuesday barred by police from proceeding towards the famous Shani Shingnapur Temple here to offer prayers, as they sought to defy the centuries-old tradition at the temple against entry of women
27 January,2016 07:54 AM IST | IANS
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis favoured dialogue between authorities of Shani Shingnapur temple and activists to find a way out over ban on entry of female devotees into inner sanctum of shrine
27 January,2016 06:02 AM IST | PTI
40-year-old housewife Anita Shetye has been appointed as the first woman chairperson of Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust in Ahmednagar district, and has stated her intent to continue debarring women devotees from worshipping at the temple
11 January,2016 07:48 PM IST | Agencies
Around 400 women activists today made an attempt to defy a centuries-old ban on female devotees entering the sacred platform at Shani Shingnapur temple inAhmednagar district but it was foiled by police when they were stopped at a village, 70 km from the shrine
27 January,2016 06:05 AM IST | PTI
A plan by 350 women activists to barge into the Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra to break a 400-year-old tradition banning women from entering its sacred sanctum was today foiled by police when they were stopped at a village, 70 km from the shrine.
26 January,2016 06:26 PM IST | PTI
Backing the campaign by women activists to break gender bias and enter Shani temple, spiritual guru said the movement is justified as there is no scriptural sanction for discriminating against female devotees
27 January,2016 12:05 PM IST | PTI
A women's group has threatened to storm the famous Shani Shingnapur Temple in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district -- if need be, from the sky route via helicopter -- on Tuesday
25 January,2016 07:12 PM IST | IANSADVERTISEMENT
