On Thursday, a New Delhi-based woman journalist was stopped midway by devotees opposing the entry of women of menstrual age into the hill shrine.
The Sabarimala Karma Samithi has given a call for state wide bandh on Thursday in Kerala against the permission given to the women for entry into the temple.
Women journalists were heckled, their vehicles smashed and young female Ayyappa devotees turned back as hordes of activists of Hindu fringe groups besieged the road leading to the temple
Acting tough, the police, deployed in large numbers in Nilackal, some 20 kms away from the Sabarimala hilltop, also removed a makeshift shelter erected by a protesting group Sabarimala Achara Samrakshana Samiti.
Kerala has witnessed a series of protests and prayer marches over the last few days over the government's decision to enforce the Supreme Court order.
Addressing the protesters in Kollam on Friday, Thulashi, a BJP supporter, had allegedly said, "women in the restricted age group who visit the Lord Ayappa Temple should be ripped apart."
The temple's door are set to open on October 18 for the routine monthly puja.
Contending that religious practices cannot be "tested on the basis of rationality", multiple petitions were filed on Monday in the Supreme Court to seek review of its September 28 verdict to lift a ban on entry of women in the 10-50 age group into the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala.
The apex court had on September 28 lifted the ban on the entry of women aged between 10-50 years to the forest shrine, holding that the centuries-old Hindu religious practise was illegal and unconstitutional.
While Justices R F Nariman and D Y Chandrachud concurred with the CJI and Justice A M Khanwilkar, Justice Indu Malhotra gave a dissenting verdict.
Patriarchal notion cannot be allowed to trump equality in devotion, CJI Dipak Misra said while pronouncing the verdict ending the ban on entry of women inside Sabarimala temple in Kerala
The new Sabarimala airport will come at Cheruvally estate in Kottayam district, Kerala government said today.
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New Delhi: The Kerala government today defended the ban on the entry of women of menstrual age into the Sabarimala temple in the state, saying that the restrictions are a "matter of religion" and that
New Delhi: A petition challenging the practice of restricting the entry of women into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala has caught the attention of the entire country. The PIL has sought entry for all women
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Chennai: Southern Railway today announced 90 special trains to clear the rush during the Sabarimala season.The special services include Chennai Central – Kollam superfast weekly and its pairing train, Nagercoil – Chennai Egmore Superfast Weekly
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