Thursday, May 8, 2014

Breaking Brahmin monopoly: Hindu temple to have women, lower-caste priests | ummid.com

Breaking Brahmin monopoly: Hindu temple to have women, lower-caste priests | ummid.com

Here's another traditional male bastion set to crumble. With a Supreme Court prod, the renowned 900-year old Vitthoba Temple in the pilgrim town of Pandharpur will script religious history when it appoints its first women priests as also priests from the backward classes as part of an inclusive mission.