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.
Earlier on Sunday, 11 women, all from Tamil Nadu, had come to Pamba base camp ready for a trek to the shrine to pray to Lord Ayyappa, but were stopped by protesters.
Chanting Swamiye saranam Ayyappa, Nair set himself ablaze after pouring petrol over his body and tried to run to the makeshift tent where senior BJP leader C.K. Padmanabhan had been staging an indefinite fast.
Prohibitory orders were in place till Tuesday at Sabarimala since the day the hilltop shrine was opened for the annual Mandala-Makaravilkku pilgrimage.
Sabarimala town has witnessed protests ever since the Supreme Court ruled in September that women of all ages can enter the temple that hitherto banned girls and women aged 10-50.
Yechury said that the CPI-M has been campaigning with three missions -- defeat BJP, broaden and strengthen the Left movement and to set up a secular government.
