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Advocate K.V.Dhananjay raises a question here; a question that he was asked – men perform the role of priests in Hindu temples; women have been traditionally and customarily barred from this role. Do women have a constitutional right to demand assignment of priest roles to them? Of course, in Hindu temples administered by the State Governments?
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These days are said to be a testing time for Hindu religious beliefs and practices. Two days ago, a women’s rights activist group met me with a question – can women who could show competence in the Vedas and the temple rituals stake a claim to priestly roles in temples administered by the State Governments?
I am raising that very question here. I invite readers to express their views.
Thousands of Hindu temples in South India are administered and managed by the State Governments; almost all the major temples in the South are the property of the State. So, do these temples incur a constitutional duty to allow women also to perform the role of the priests? What if a particular expression of this duty is opposed to the long-standing religious doctrine?
I am not expressing my opinion here.
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my view is when we can worship women's as goddess like maa durga, maa shakti etc. not only these the first origin of tridev is from maa shakti then why the women can'y be priest in temples..
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