Huge rush at Sabarimala temple
The Court also stated that the state police chief should directly intervene in the matters if necessary.
The Court also stated that the state police chief should directly intervene in the matters if necessary.
Says 'atrocities' committed by LDF govt against Ayyappa devotees is 'deplorable'
According to the reports, as many as 246 people have booked through the virtual queue system for darshan today.
On October 19, 2018, Fathima along with another lady accompanied by a top police official and 100 other policemen tried to go up to the temple.
There are at least 143 petitions before the court against the citizenship law including that from the United Nations Human Rights chief.
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.
Kadakampally Surendran, the Kerala Devaswom Minister, said on Monday that only two women in the formerly banned age group of 10-50 years offered prayers at Sabarimala temple.
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 2 January, after two women Kanaka Durga and Bindu Ammini completed a 'darshan', and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan confirmed this, the temple had been shut for an hour around 10.30 am for "purification" rituals
The Sabarimala revenue decreased by Rs 98.35 crore, compared to the previous year, according to the Travancore Devaswom Board
