A devotee from Tamil Nadu committed suicide in the Sabrimala's Ayappa temple, police is now investigating the matter. The deceased identified as Jagan Sampat is a resident of Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district.
The bus carrying 45 pilgrims from Karnataka, who were returning after attending the annual Mandala-Makaravilakku festival in the Sabarimala Temple. The injured were admitted to the hospital. The police are probing the cause of the accident.
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As per the updates from the TDB, the virtual queue will be available on the TDB website and app and then the devotees can book their slots in advance and will be given a QR code that they will need to show at the entrance to the temple complex.
The SC bench told the senior lawyer that it should only be a pick-and-drop facility from one location to another and passengers should not be picked along the route. He agreed to the suggestion after which the bench issued notice.
All the devotees were residents of Sanmugasundarapuram village and were returning home following their visit to Sabarimala.
Andhra Pradesh accident: According to reports, out of 44 pilgrims, at least 20 people including a boy suffered injuries in the mishap. The district administration officials said all the pilgrims travelling in the bus were rescued and shifted to nearby hospitals for treatment.
A devotee from Tamil Nadu, who was on a pilgrimage to Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday during the mandatory antigen test conducted at Nilackal for pilgrims visiting the hill shrine, health authorities said.
As the lockdown norms will be further relaxed from tomorrow, temples in Kerala including the famous Sabarimala and Guruvayoor Sree Krishna will open their doors to devotees, after almost two months, but with restricted entry.
Petitions challenging Citizenship Amendment Act will be taken up only after arguments in the Faith Vs Right to Pray gets over in the Sabarimala temple matter. The hearing on petitions connected with Sabrimala was likely to begin from March 16.
"Bindu was attacked with some chemical substance right outside the office of Commissioner of Police," Jaising said, adding that the Kerala state authorities are not allowing women to enter the temple despite the Supreme Court's specific order.
A 29-year-old Ayyappa devotee from Tamil Nadu, who was on his way to the Lord Ayyappa temple here for darshan, died due to suspected heart attack on Tuesday morning.
The age of the girl, with "irrumudikettu" (offerings to Lord Ayyappa) had been shown as 10 in the virtual Q booking. women police examined the girl's aadhar card and found that she was 12 years old and refused to allow her to proceed further from Pamba to the shrine complex, police said.
The hilltop shrine in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district is closed for women in the age group 10 to 50 years, and though the Supreme Court had struck down the restriction, there is great opposition to women between these ages visiting it.
The three women who were barred today came from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. They were part of a group of pilgrims who were stopped for checking by the police at Pamba base camp.
Justice RF Nariman of the Supreme Court on Friday said the government must read the "extremely important dissent" order in the Sabarimala case. Justice Nariman had penned the dissent order on behalf of himself and Justice D Y Chandrachud. Justice Nariman told the Centre's counsel Tushar Mehta that an impression has been cast that its officers don't comply with court orders.
Lawyers who appeared on behalf of review petitioners in the Sabarimala case have called the Supreme Court's decision on Thursday to refer the matter to a larger bench as "absolutely right" and said it would open new avenues for the litigants who argued for protection and preservation of customs.
Hailing the verdict, Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala asked the Left-led state government "not to create issues" by providing security and taking women in the banned age group to offer worship at the Ayyappa temple.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said a larger seven-judge bench will re-examine various religious issues, including the entry of women into the Sabarimala temple and mosques and the practice of female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra community.
During the Mandala Makkarvillakku festival, 10,017 police personnel will be posted around the temple complex in five phases, a police press release said.
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