For centuries, the temple had been open only to men.
Last month, the Mumbai high court affirmed the right of women to enter and pray inside all temples.
Women`s activists had led protests demanding entry specifically to the Lord Shani shrine.
"Women entered Shani temple`s inner sanctum," news agency ANI quoted the 94-year-old as saying on Monday.
"The women are worshipping Shani in the temple. By doing so, Shani`s eyes would fall on women and this would result in increase of rape incidents."
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