THESE DOORS STILL CLOSED

Many famous temples ban the entry of women

LORD AYYAPPA

It is believed that a curse will befall women if they worship at the temple in Kerala’s Sabarimala

SREE PADMANABHASWAMY

Women are allowed to pray but cannot enter the Kerala temple’s vault where riches worth over `100,000 crore were found a few years ago

PATBAUSI SATRA

A 500-year-old ban on women entering the sanctum sanctorum continues at the Hindu monastery in Assam

LORD KARTIKEYA

Like the Lord Ayyappa Temple, belief is women will be cursed if they enter the shrine. It is in Rajasthan’s Puskhar