30/9/2018
PUNE: Social
activist Trupti Desai, who has been spearheading the right to pray movement
in Maharashtra, is ready to visit Sabarimala Temple with the Supreme
Court (SC) allowing entry of women of all ages into the shrine in Kerala.
The apex court on Friday lifted a ban that prevented women and
girls aged between 10 and 50 from entering the famous temple, holding the
centuries-old religious practice as illegal and unconstitutional. Hailing the
SC judgment, Desai told TOI that there should have been no restrictions of any
kind that discriminated and denied the menstruating women the right to pray.
Desai’s Bhumata Ranragini Brigade had in the past led an
agitation to allow entry of women into Shani Shingnapur Temple. Subsequently,
Desai announced a campaign for women’s entry into Sabarimala Temple. But
some activists in Kerala opposed her entry into the shrine.
Activist and lawyer Asim Sarode said, “The restrictions on
women were violation of equality and fundamental rights.”
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