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Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala receives Rs 3.30 crore in donations on opening day; over 70,000 devotees offered prayers since 16 Nov
• 5 years agoThe Lord Ayyappa temple received over Rs 3.30 crore as revenue on the first day when it opened on Saturday as compared to the Rs 2.04 crore last season
Sabarimala temple opens on second day of annual Mandala Pooja; 10 women told to return from Pamba after Kerala govt refuses to provide police protection
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala opened on the second day of the annual Mandala Pooja on Sunday, days after the Supreme Court deferred a verdict on a petition seeking review of its judgment allowing the entry of women into the shrine
Ferocity of Sabarimala protests proves Hinduism is taking on Abrahamic characteristics to tackle external threats
Sreemoy Talukdar • 5 years agoThe issue of entry of menstruating women into the Sabarimala temple should never have been the cause for a debate on the touchstone of one-size-fits-all feminism.
Sabarimala row: Protests, clashes across Kerala continue on second day after entry of two women devotees into temple
Fp Staff • 6 years agoProtests, clashes in Kerala continued on the second day after two women below 50 entered Sabarimala temple. A dawn-to-dusk shutdown was called by an umbrella organisation of various right-wing groups
Sabarimala protests: Police arrest over 70 devotees from temple premises for defying prohibitory orders
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe temple town of Sabarimala has witnessed protests by Hindu groups since 28 September, when the Supreme Court allowed women of all ages to enter the shrine.
As Sabarimala temple opens for pilgrimage, women devotees face threats from traditionalists, protesters
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAs Sabarimala temple gates opened for devotees amid heavy security deployment, women devotees chose to keep away following various attempts by protestors to intimidate them.
Devaswom Board says no pressure from Kerala govt to change Sabarimala stand, move to end discrimination based on 'biological attributes'
• 6 years agoThe Travancore Devaswom Board on Wednesday said its decision in the Supreme Court to back women's entry into the Ayyappa shrine at Sabariamala was not due to any pressure following the CPM-led LDF government's stand on the issue.
Kerala woman shunned by husband, in-laws for entering Sabarimala temple returns home after local court order
• 6 years agoArmed with a local court order, the woman whose in-laws had thrown her out for entering the Sabarimala Temple returned to her husband's home in Kerala
Only two women of menstural age entered Sabarimala temple since 28 Sep SC verdict, Kerala minister tells Assembly
• 6 years agoThe Kerala government said only two women of menstrual age had visited the Sabarimala temple after a Supreme Court judgement removed the bar on their entry
Sabarimala annual pilgrimage ends: Not Lord Ayyappa's celibacy, but Supreme Court's verdict made headlines
Fp Staff • 6 years agoRespondents had earlier argued that the practice of not allowing women of menstruating age to enter the temple is based on the celibate nature of Lord Ayyappa