google.com, pub-2645618124656227, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0 Charu Veluthoor: Sabarimala Temple: Are God's Sexist?

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Sabarimala Temple: Are God's Sexist?

For the past few weeks Indian newspapers are flooded with debates on the exclusion of women from religious activities and locations. In a landmark judgement on September 28,2018 the Supreme Court  of India paved way for the entry of women of all age groups to the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala. This has bought about a new debate about how religion discriminates against women. Many Hindu temples prohibit the entry of  menstruating women while many Sunni Muslims do  not allow entry of women in their mosques. This debate has also opened discussion of allowing Christian and Parsi women being allowed to perform religious ceremonies formerly performed only by men.

Opening of the Sabarimala Temple has brought about large amount of mass violence in the southern state of Kerala, where I sit while writing this. This violence is largely promoted by political motives of the RSS and BJP. The BJP which has very low support in Kerala is playing violent politics with the help of other religious organizations. Yesterday we all witnessed the mass violence infront of the Sabarimala Temple in our television screens. This sort of violence should never have occurred on the grounds of a sacred Temple like Sabarimala, a true devotee would never do something like that. What do you think about religious institutions barring women entry? Would you view it as judicial interference within a religious boundary or a societal injustice that needs to be broken down. Tell me in commentsection below 

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