Haji Ali News
The Haji Ali dargah is the mosque of Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari.
The High Court had ordered the formation of a joint task force comprising the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and the Collector to remove the illegal encroachments on the approach road leading to the Haji Ali Dargah.
Bhumata Brigade activist Trupti Desai along with several others are all set to enter the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali Dargah on Saturday.
The Dargah authorities have created separate entries to the shrine for men and women and imposed restrictions to prevent anyone from touching the peer`s tomb.
Sufi saint Haji Ali's Dargah is located on the rocks off the Worli seashore in Mumbai.
Women will continue to be barred from entering the Dargah of Sufi saint Haji Ali in Mumbai, as the Supreme Court on Friday continued with the interim order of the Bombay High Court.
The Supreme Court will hear the appeal by the Haji Ali Dargah Trust challenging the Bombay High Court's decision to allow women in the internal portion of the Dargah.
In a landmark verdict, the Bombay High Court today allowed women entry into the inner sanctum of Haji Ali Dargah.
The Bombay High Court is likely to pronounce on Tuesday its verdict on a plea challenging the ban on women to the grave of the saint inside the famous Haji Ali dargah here.
Bhumata Brigade activist Trupti Desai on Monday said she will seek blessings of the presiding deity at the Shani Shingnapur temple ahead of Tuesday's Bombay High Court verdict in the Haji Ali Dargah no-entry case.
Handling Bhumata Brigade president Trupti Desai's protest against 'gender inequality' at places of worship has become daunting task for the Maharashtra Police. Her attempts to enter Haji Ali Dargah along with her supporters have kept the police on its toes.
Condemning Bhumata Brigade president Trupti Desai for forcibly trying to enter the religious places of worship, the first woman Qazi of Uttar Pradesh on Friday said that such acts can cause communal tensions in the society.
After successfully breaking age-old traditions at Shani Shingnapur and Trimbakeshwar temples, Bhumata Brigade president Trupti Desai on Thursday tried entering Haji Ali Dargah, but was stopped at main entrance.
Fundamental rights of a citizen are above customs and traditions, the government submitted before the court.
A Pakistani family which arrived here to visit the Haji Ali 'dargah' to pray for their mentally-challenged son was refused accommodation by several hotels in the city following which they spent the night on a pavement.
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