But despite the ruling, protesters blocked any women who tried to enter. Ms Kanakadurga and Bindu Ammini, 40, made history after they entered Sabarimala in the middle of the night escorted by ...

He added that Mr Unni eventually left without her and she returned to the women's home. Sabarimala: The Indian god who bars women from his temple Sabarimala: Why has a Hindu temple divided India's ...

Women of the ages hitherto barred from entering the famed Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala stayed away for a second day on Thursday following uneasy calm in Kerala amid a dawn-to-dusk shutdown called ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Only women activists are likely to visit the Sabarimala temple and not the “real women devotees” of Lord Ayyappa, said president of Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB ...

The Supreme Court's 2018 judgment declaring Sabarimala temple's custom of prohibiting women in their 'menstruating age' from entering the shrine was another point of contention. The LDF-led state ...

The pilgrimage to Sabarimala became a hot topic of controversy in recent years because women in adulthood were strictly prohibited to enter the shrine premises or take part in the journey by foot.

The 5-judge constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra ruled that women can now enter Kerala ’s Sabarimala temple, irrespective of their age. The verdict stated that the tradition ...

"The Sabarimala temple issue continues to rage as believers are angry," said Nair. It was in 2018 that the apex court ruled that the temple should be open to all women irrespective of the age ...

SABARIMALA: The Sabarimala temple and surrounding areas are flooded with thousands of devotees for the auspicious Makaravilakku ceremony and Makarajyothi darshan on Tuesday. The devotees are ...