Sabarimala Shrine

Sabarimala row: 'Temple entry does not ensure gender justice,' says Amit Shah in Kannur, slams govt for arresting devotees

Pledging to stand like a rock beside Lord Ayyappa supporters, Shah said that he was here to warn the communist government.

Sabarimala row: 1,400 arrested, 400 cases registered in connection with protests; Vijayan govt says will implement SC order

Addressing an LDF meeting in Kottayam, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan asserted the state government would implement the Supreme Court order permitting entry of all women into the Sabarimala temple.

Pinarayi Vijayan claims RSS using Sabarimala issue to gain political mileage, accuses it of dividing people, police on communal lines

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of trying to make Sabarimala a place of violence for gaining political mileage out of it.

Sabarimala row: Supreme Court to hear review petitions against allowing women entry on 13 November

The Supreme Court will take up for hearing writ petitions and review petitions against the entry of women in the age group of 10 to 50 years in Sabarimala on November 13, four days ahead of the commencement of the pilgrim season.  A big respite to the government and the TDB.

Sabarimala row: Supreme Court to decide on hearing review petitions against allowing women entry today

There are 19 petitions before the top court seeking the recall of the verdict that had junked the centuries-old practice prohibiting the entry of women who are in the of menstruating age.

Sabarimala temple row: Security beefed up amid reports about women of menstruating age planning to enter shrine

Devotees opposing the entry of girls and women in the age group of 10 to 50 years into the temple of "naishtika brahmachari" — the eternally celibate deity — are camping at the Sabarimala Sannidhanam temple complex to prevent them from reaching the shrine situated in a dense forest.

Sabarimala temple to close today, will reopen on 17 Nov: Devaswom Board to submit situation report to Supreme Court

Sabarimala temple would be closed on 22 October after a five-day monthly prayer during the Malayalam month of Thulam. The temple will reopen on 17 November for two months.

S Gurumurthy mounts detailed defence of his Sabarimala-Kerala floods tweet, RBI role and right to speak 'despite abuse'

Gurumurthy said that he does not often respond to 'online abuse' but because a 'political leader of a responsible party' brought in his appointment at the RBI, he wanted to 'set the record straight.'

Kerala temples reluctant to appoint Dalit priests despite facing shortage of Brahmin scholars

Interestingly, even temples that are finding difficulty in getting qualified Brahmins to serve as priests are not willing to appoint non-Brahmins.

Nothing celestial about Sabarimala’s divine flame; it’s man-made

Courts had to intervene to get the truth revealed as successive governments played dodgy; pilgrim flow dips.