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Abstract: Indian Constitution has provided the Right to Equality, Right against Discrimination, Right to Worship and many other fundamental and constitutional rights to the women at par with men. On papers, women enjoy equal status with men. But the reality is somewhat different. Sadly, they are not enjoying their rights fully. Reasons are many and one among those is the biological feature of their body i.e. menstruation. This feature of their body has been made a reason for discrimination by religious beliefs and myths. Because of this they are deprived of their rights and this happened in Sabarimala, where women of fertile age group were not allowed to enter the temple and perform prayers there. When this issue was first raised in Kerala High Court it upheld the restriction. But in 2018 Supreme Court of India lifted up the ban and allowed the women of every age group to enter the temple. It was not only a fight to women�s rights in the Court but also a conflict between religion and Constitution arose in which Constitution won. But it has failed somewhere to change the mental set up of people as there were protests by the people including women against the judgment. Education and awareness are the weapons which can change the society and importance to women in religious works such as their appointments as priests should be promoted