Until 2012, women were allowed access to the inner sanctum of Haji Ali dargah

In another month, women will finally be allowed to enter and worship in the sanctum of the Haji Ali Dargah. After years of fighting off the idea, the Dargah Trust finally gave in yesterday and agreed to grant equal access to women as instructed by the Bombay High Court in August. However, the Trust has made it clear that here on, nobody would be allowed to touch the mazaar or sanctum sanctorum.