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Sabarimala updates: Trupti Desai's visit stalled; activist to return to Pune from Kochi following protests
Fp Staff • 6 years agoSabarimala LATEST updates: The Tantri and Pandalam families have welcomed the Travancore Devaswom Board's decision to approach the Supreme Court with a plea to grant more time to implement the court verdict allowing women of all aged to enter the temple.
Pandalam royal family claims Sabarimala belongs to devotees and not TDB, says it will not compromise on customs
• 6 years agoSpeaking to reporters at Pandalam, royal family representative Sasikumar Varma rejected the Kerala governments' contention that the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) was the custodian of Sabarimala temple and said it was "wrong".
Sabarimala temple gates shut for October after protesters stall another woman's bid to enter shrine
• 6 years agoValiant attempts by around a dozen women, including activists and journalists in the 10-50 years age group to script history came to nought as frenzied devotees of Lord Ayyappa, the eternally celibate deity, heckled and hassled them and forced them to retreat.
Sabarimala temple row: Travancore Devaswom Board asks if protesters will end agitation if it files review petition
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAmid the row over the entry of women into Sabarimala temple, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) on Thursday offered reconciliation to the protesters and said that it is willing to compromise on the issue.
Sabarimala temple protests: Female agitators assault women trainee journalists in Nilakkal for 'wearing black outfits'
Pratyushd • 6 years agoWhile hundreds of agitated women protesters were forcibly dragging devotees out of the vehicles, absence of women police officers at the scene aggravated the situation further.
Protests against SC's Sabarimala verdict stall women's entry into shrine; two outfits call for 24-hour shutdown
Fp Staff • 6 years agoDespite a Supreme Court order lifting the ban on entry of women in the age group of 10 to 50 years into the famous hill temple, protesters on Wednesday forcibly turned back women on their way to visit the shrine.
Sabarimala temple updates: Security stepped up in Pamba, Nilakkal as two outfits call for 24-hr shutdown from midnight
Fp Staff • 6 years agoSabarimala temple LIVE updates: Right wing outfit, 'Antharashtriya Hindu Parishad' led by Pravin Togadia and the 'Sabarimala Samrakshana Samithi', an outfit of devotees, have called a 24-hour-long hartal starting midnight.
Sabarimala temple opens today: Police evicts protesters in Kerala's Nilakkal amid protests, growing tension
• 6 years agoTension prevailed Wednesday morning in Kerala's Nilackal, the main gateway to Sabarimala, after the police used force to disperse devotees opposing the entry of girls and women of menstrual age into the hill shrine.
Sabarimala row: Day before Lord Ayyappa pilgrimage, royal family, tantris demand review petition in SC
Fp Staff • 6 years agoA day before the Lord Ayyappa temple is thrown open to pilgrims for monthly ritual, tension looms large at Nilakkal — the main gateway to Sabarimala — as devotees on Tuesday stopped vehicles and prevented women of the "banned" age group from trekking to the holy hill.
Sabarimala protests updates: Shrine reopens tomorrow but board refuses to uphold 'tradition', to debate on review petition on 19 Oct
Fp Staff • 6 years agoSabarimala protests LIVE updates: The all-stakeholders' meeting failed to reach a consensus as Pandalam royal family and high priests of the temple walked out.