Shani Shingnapur row: Like men, women also allowed in temple premises

The row over the entry of women in Shani Shingnapur temple to offer prayers finally ended on Friday after women were allowed to enter the inner sanctum. Women activists, including Trupti Desai, had been trying to enter the famous Lord Shani temple in Maharashtra for months but were unsuccessful in doing so. Temple officials said that women will "neither be encouraged nor stopped" from entering, thus lifting a centuries-old ban.