Female lawyers in India are challenging a ban on entry into the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple for women aged between 10-50. At present it is considered an act of desecration.The petitioners contend that discrimination in matters of entry into temples was neither a ritual nor ceremony associated with Hindu religion. Such discrimination was totally anti-Hindu. The religious denomination could only restrict entry into the sanctum sanctorum and could not ban entry into the temple, making a discrimination on the basis of sex.
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