Temple - GS questions based on daily current affairs

1)   Which article of the constitution influenced the most the argument for the women’s entry into the temple?

a. 16
b. 26
c. 25
d. 15
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 15

Explanation:

  • On April 1, the High Court held that it was the women’s fundamental right to go to places of worship and the government was duty-bound to protect it.
  • Article 15 provides that the State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.
2)   Recently a temple lifted ban on women worshipping and entering the sanctum sanctorum of the deity. The temple is of the deity

a. Vishnu
b. Kartikeya
c. Shani
d. Shankar/Mahadev/Shiv
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Shani

Explanation:

  • In a big victory to the campaign for gender equality, the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra lifted the 400-year-old ban on the entry of women at the sanctum sanctorum.
  • The Trimbakeshwar temple of Shiv in Nashik has now barred both men and women into the sanctum sanctorum.

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