SHATTERING PATRIARCHAL PRACTICES
Femina
|November 2023
Women from Tamil Nadu can now become temple priests. S RAMYA was one of the first three. She speaks to Kayal Arivalan about the journey
It is a common belief that menstruating women should not enter temples. Furthermore, women have been barred from entering the sanctums (garbhagriha) within temples. Challenging these patriarchal norms, three women from Tamil Nadu have set a precedent by becoming temple priests.

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