Bhumata Ranragini Brigade News
Bhumata Ranragini Brigade president Trupti Desai is all set to enter Mumbai's Haji Ali Dargah today.
Haji Ali Dargah does not allow women to enter into the sanctum sanctorum.
The Shiv Sena on Saturday distanced itself from its senior leader, Haji Arafat Shaikh, who threatened to "welcome with slippers" prominent woman activist Trupti Desai if she dared to enter the tomb of the Haji Ali Dargah, here next Thursday.
Bhumata Ranragini Brigade chief Trupti Desai on Saturday said that she would go to Haji Ali Dargah on April 28 despite a threat issued by Shiv Sena leader Haji Arafat Shaikh.
The Bhumata Ranragini Brigade said it would launch an agitation so that women entry to the famed Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai.
Women were permitted entry into the Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district on April 8 -- for the first time in over four centuries.
Desai is the chief of Bhumata Ranragini Brigade, the women's outfit spearheading the campaign against a centuries-old ban on female devotees entering the sacred platform at Shani Shingnapur temple.
Whether it is men or women, it is their right to enter any temple, said Mahant Narendra Giri of Akhara Parishad.
A group of women activists headed to Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra were stopped at Supa village, 70 km from the shrine. The protest was led by Bhumata Ranragini Brigade which had announced to worship Lord Shani at the sacred platform as a symbolic gesture to break the gender barrier at the shrine.
According to media reports, tension has gripped Supa in Maharashtra as some female activists were detained by the police.
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