Two Indian women enter temple after centuries-long ban on women

Event comes as hundreds and thousands of women form a 380-mile human chain in support of gender equality

Two women have become the first to enter a Hindu temple in India’s southern state of Kerala after the supreme court lifted a centuries-old ban on women.

The temple was later “purified” by priests at the famous Sabarimala temple, which does not permit menstruating women inside. They closed the temple for several hours to conduct ancient rituals to remove the “polluting” female presence.

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