Cops foil women’s fresh attempt to reach Trimbakeshwar temple
PUNE: Women activists, led by Trupti Desai of the Bhumata Brigade, made a fresh bid to proceed towards the Trimbakeshwar temple near here but were detained by police and later allowed to return to Pune.
Desai, who heads Bhumata Brigade, and about 150-175 activists had left Pune on Monday for the famous Lord Shiva shrine in a bid to break the ban on entry of female devotees into sanctum sanctorum.
Desai gave a 15-day ultimatum to the administration, saying if the issue is not resolved within two weeks, the activists would once again storm the temple.
“We have put on hold our agitation for 15 days within which the administration should take the decision allowing women inside the temple. If the decision is not taken within 15 days, we will once again come here,” said Desai of Bhumata brigade.
Meanwhile, prominent singer Asha Bhosale came out in support of their crusade against the prohibition of women’s entry to the inner sanctum.
Bhosale, while speaking to a Marathi news channel, on Tuesday said time has come to do away with the ageold tradition of preventing women to enter the sanctum sanctorum.
“The god does not discriminate between men and women. If men are allowed inside the temple then women should also be allowed,” said the singer.
(With agencies input)