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'My contribution to gender justice,' says woman who entered Sabarimala; Centre seeks report from Kerala govt on violence
Fp Staff • 6 years agoViolence broke out in Kerala after two women, identified as Bindu Ammini and Kanaka Durga, were declared the first women to have offered prayers at Sabarimala.
Sabarimala priest who performed 'purification' ritual a 'Brahmin monster', symbol of the caste devil, says Kerala minister
• 6 years agoTwo women, Kanakadurga, 44, and Bindu, 42, entered the Sabarimala temple and offered prayers on Wednesday, breaking a centuries-old tradition. Following this, the tantri, Kandaru Rajeevaru, closed the sanctum sanctorum to perform the 'purification' ceremony.
Kerala hartal: 46-yr-old Lankan woman reaches Sabarimala but not allowed entry despite claiming she 'isn't menstruating'
Fp Staff • 6 years agoA 46-year-old Sri Lankan woman, who had reportedly offered prayers at the Sabarimala temple on Thursday, claimed on Friday that she had climbed the holy steps, but was not allowed to go any further.
'Going to Sabarimala was my own decision': Women who entered shrine on Wednesday dismiss allegations of political links
• 6 years agoDismissing the conspiracy angle being alleged by the Sangh Parivar outfits and the Opposition Congress that the two women who entered Sabarimala were playing into the hands of the police and the government, the women said they "used" the police machinery to enter Sabarimala on the basis of the 28 September Supreme Court verdict.
Sabarimala protests: As two women enter the temple, look at past struggles for equality in Kerala and what lies ahead
Gita Aravamudan • 6 years agoBindu, a 42-year-old lecturer in the School of Legal Studies in Kannur University and 44-year-old Kanaka Durga who works in the Civil Supplies Department in Malappuram unobtrusively entered the Sabarimala temple at 3.30 am on 2 January.
Sabarimala row: BJP workers clash with police as protests erupt across Kerala against two women's entry into Lord Ayyappa shrine
• 6 years agoClashes broke out betweenBJP Mahila Morcha workers and the police on Wednesday after they tried to enter the state secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram to protest against two women's entry into Sabarimala temple
SH Raza on the eternal allure of the 'bindu', modern art and MF Husain
Fp Staff • 9 years agoSH Raza, the legendary modern Indian artist, never tired of the 'bindu'. He explained why