Shani Dev Mandir - Jaipur

Jai shani dev??

Goof and need to be well built

Gain lots self confidence here

Closed in day time need to visit in evening

We can't judge home of God.?

Short and crowdy the benifit is multiple faith.

The peacefull temple, and really blashed by sunny God.

Exactly a year ago many in the country cheered the daring of Trupti Desai who led women activists from Maharashtra to make history by breaking a six-decade-old tradition and enter the sanctum of the Shani Shingnapur temple. An important landmark in the movement for women’s emancipation in India, the incident triggered similar campaigns at other famous shrines in the country where women have been prohibited from going inside the sanctum sanctorum. The campaign brought Shani Shingnapur into national focus and almost doubled the number of devotees visiting it. None of us from the district have climbed the platform and touched the deity. We don’t oppose any woman coming from outside and entering into the inner sanctum but why should we be forced to break the tradition,” asked Anita Shete, head of the Shani Temple Trust. The locals believe women do not offer worship at the sanctum sanctorum owing to a belief about “harmful vibration emanating from Lord Shani”. Shete, however, has relented a bit as last year after being elected the head of the trust she had made it clear that she would ensure the custom remains unbroken. “As head of the temple trust, I will fight till my last breath to defend the centuries-old tradition,” she had then said. is true that local women are not entering the inner sanctum and going close to deity. But these women are under pressure from men who wants to retain the regressive practice,” Trupti Desai told Hindustan Times. Desai said she got calls from local women who claimed they were being prevented by members of their family not to break the tradition. The local men refuted Desai’s charge of pressuring the women. “The women from entire district do not want to spoil the sanctity of the place. While we have not asked anyone to either go or not to go, local women prefer not to climb the platform,” said temple trustee GK Darandale. Desai and other activists plan to visit the temple on April 8, when their crusade completes a year. “We are aware that it’s a huge task to change the mindset of the people. On April 8, last year, we initiated the process to bring equality among men and women. This year, we will be visiting Shani Shingnapur to start another campaign against worsening sex ratio,” said Desai. She said it would take years to change the society’s mindset. Questioning the Maharashtra government's decision to take control of the Shani Shingnapur temple through law, the Shiv Sena today accused it of leaving out the mosques and churches. Sena MLAs staged a protest outside the Maharashtra Assembly here against the government's plan to enact a law to take control of the temple located in Ahmednagar district. The legislators contended that the temples controlled by the government, including the famous Tuljabhavani temple in Osmanabad district, have witnessed "loot" by officials. "The government should ensure there are no irregularities in managing temples. But the temple in Shani Shingnapur should not be governmentalised. The government is eyeing only temples, it should explain its stand on the issue," Gogawale said. The famous temple located in Shingnapur village is devoted to Lord Shani, believed to be the personification of planet Saturn. The temple doesn't have an idol but a stone in its sanctum area. The bill is expected to be introduced in the ongoing monsoon session to formalise the decision. According to the government, it had received complaints alleging irregularities by previous board members of the temple trust.