Amid reports of possible tension, Sabarimala temple opens for 5-day puja
Two young women Bindu and Kanakadurga had entered the hill shrine on 2 January during the Makaravilkku season leading to a huge protest.
Two young women Bindu and Kanakadurga had entered the hill shrine on 2 January during the Makaravilkku season leading to a huge protest.
A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by the then Chief Justice Misra had on September 28 last year junked the age-old tradition of the Lord Ayyappa temple by a majority verdict of 4:1.
Kanaka Durga and Bindu Ammini (40) had entered the hill shrine on January 3, breaking a centuries-old tradition and defying dire threats from right-wing groups.
On Friday night, a country-made bomb was hurled at the ancestral house of BJP MP V Muraleedharan in Kerala's Kannur district while country-made bombs were also hurled at CPI (M) MLA AN Shamseer and party's district secretary P Sasi while a CPI (M) worker was hacked to death at Irutty in Kannur.
Violent protests broke out across Kerala on Wednesday following the entry of the two women below 50 into the Sabarimala temple; a 55-year-old man lost his life in clashes between CPI(M) and BJP workers
The Supreme Court on September 28 overturned a centuries-old practice that barred women of menstrual age (10-50 years) from entering the hill temple, where celibate deity Lord Ayyappa is worshipped.
The woman offered prayers at the temple under police protection after she was forced to show her Aadhaar card to prove her age.
This is the second time the hill temple would open for 'darshan' after the Supreme Court allowed entry of women of all age groups into it.
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According to police officials, no one other than the devotees and media persons will be allowed to travel to Pambha from Nilackal.
