Temples freed of gender bias in Tamil Nadu



Tamil Nadu recently gave the go ahead for appointment of women as temple priests. Hindu Religious Endowments Minister PK Sekar Babu, whose department runs many temples in the state, said that Chief Minister MK Stalin had given the ok for it.  Applicants will be provided training in Hindu rituals to enable them to become priests. […] The post Temples freed of gender bias in Tamil Nadu appeared first on India Legal.

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