Swarajya Sanghatana

Women can enter sanctum only if they wear 'wet cotton or silk clothes': Trimbakeshwar Devasthan Trust

Amid an ongoing debate on the gender equality, women activists belonging to the Pune-based Swarajya Sanghatana were again stopped from entering the Trimbakeshwar temple in Maharashtra on Wednesday.

Apr 20, 2016, 09:32 AM IST

Trimbakeshwar allows entry of women with rider, activists resent

Amid the campaign for gender equality, the Trimbakeshwar Devasthan Trust in Maharashtra has decided to allow women into the famous Lord Shiva temple's sanctum sanctorum for an hour everyday, but with a rider that they must wear wet cotton or silk clothes while offering prayers in the core area.

Apr 15, 2016, 14:46 PM IST