Bhumata Brigade activist Trupti Desai along with a group of women on Friday entered the Trimbakeshwar temple in Maharashtra to offer prayers.
"Our fight is going to the national level from here. We will be going to all temples irrespective of caste or creed to fight for our cause. All temples and places of worship should allow women. We will be proposing it to the Prime Minister too. The Central government should formulate a law that caters to this cause," Desai said.
The Trimbakeshwar Devasthan Trust on Thursday had allowed both men and women to enter inner sanctum of the temple.
Dedicated to Lord Shiva, the Trimbakeshwar temple is one of the 12 'Jyotirlingas' situated in the country.
Earlier, the Trimbakeshwar Devasthan Trust decided to allow women into the famous Lord Shiva temple's 'garbha griha' for an hour everyday, but with a rider that they must wear wet cotton or silk clothes while offering prayers in the core area.
The development is significant as it comes 13 days after women were permitted entry to the Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra on April 8.
It came to national attention in January when hundreds of women activists attempted to storm into the Shani Shingnapur temple. After months of protests, and the Bombay high court observing that entering a temple was a fundamental right of every person, the temple trust finally decided to allow women on Arpil 8.
The decision opens the doors for women to contest similar bans at other temples.
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