The Travancore Devaswom Board, which is managing the affairs of Sabarimala, took a U-turn in the Supreme Court on Wednesday by supporting its 28 September verdict which had allowed women of all age groups to enter the shrine
All the roads leading from Nilackal to the base camp of the temple town Pamba are barricaded and have been declared out of bounds till Monday morning by the police.
Hearing on the 19 petitions challenging the apex court verdict has been posted for November 13.
The Tantri family, which guides the customs and rituals at the Ayyappa temple, and the Pandalam palace that is closely linked to the legend of the Sabarimala deity, have rejected chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan's attempts to reach out to them.
