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"Tradition or any kind of backwardness should not stop women from having the right to pray."

Five million women in Kerala, India formed a 620km human chain "in support of gender equality", amid a row over access to a prominent Hindu temple. bbc.in/2LHiIK8
Update: Two Indian women in their 40s have made history by entering the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, India - after months of protests against women accessing it. bbc.in/2LLTQRB
Also: Officials, who say the women "defiled" the Sabarimala temple, closed the sanctum for an hour in order to perform "purification rituals".

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