Sabarimala Temple

• Two Indian women defy ban by entering Hindu temple after ‘women’s wall’ protest

  Two women violated a centuries-old ban on menstruating females by entering the Hindu Sabarimala temple in India following months of protests.

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  Jan 2, 2019
  
• Indian women form 620-km human chain to support equality in accessing temple

  Millions of women in the southern Indian state of Kerala formed a 620-km human chain on New Year's Day amid a simmering row over granting women access to a historic Hindu temple.

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  Jan 1, 2019
  
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• India opens Sabarimala temple to women who menstruate

  India’s prominent Sabarimala temple opened its doors to women of menstruating age on Wednesday, with some 1,000 police on hand to keep protesters at bay.

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  Oct 17, 2018
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• Sex and civil freedoms: How India’s top judge spent his last days changing the country

  Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has retired from the Supreme Court after advancing rights for women, gays and minorities in a deeply conservative country.

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  Oct 1, 2018