A person's devotion to divinity cannot be subjected to the stereotypes of gender.

In india ,women are

glorified as goddesses on one hand and on the other hand we don't accept them on an equal footing
when it comes to search for divinity and spirituality.Declaring a women impure and polluted because of
her menstruating age is violative of article 17 which prohibits discrimination 'in any form' and it is also
violative of article 21 as it excludes women to have a normal day to day rendezvous with the society.
there are numerous judgments wherein the rights of entry into temples of all castes have been upheld
on the ground that they are Hindus and similarly, women who assert that it is their right to enter the
Sabarimala temple are also Hindus. India is a party to Convention on Elimination of all forms of

Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and it is the obligation of the State to eradicate taboos and
further the State cannot take defense of custom or tradition to avoid their obligation. In the case of
Vishaka and others v. State of Rajasthan1 and others it was cited to submit that when there is a void in
the domestic law or when there is any inconsistency in the norms for construing the domestic law then
international convention shall come into play.

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(1997) 6 SCC 241