Pune, Dec. 28 -- A massive protest was organised on Sunday by members of the Shitole Deshmukh community in Maharashtra's Pune to condemn the Maharashtra State Women's Commission order to take strict action against the local temple administration over the traditional 'jawal' (tonsure) ritual that women are subjected to after giving birth to a boy.

According to the Maharashtra Women's Commission, they have received the complaint that women are being forcefully subjected to tonsure after the birth of a male child in the Roti village of Pune district.

The Shitole Deshmukh community from across the state gathered on Sunday at 11 am at the Shri Rotmalnath Temple premises in Roti village, Daund taluka, Pune district. Organisers said the event ...