Tag: Sabarimala
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Kerala HC critical of Sabarimala guard shoving devotees
Taking a serious note of how the guard of the Devaswom Board regulated devotees who arrived for the Makaravilakku ritual on 14 January, a division bench of Justices Anil K Narendran and P G Ajithkumar said it was a "flagrant violation of the directions issued by this court.
January 16, 2023 -
8 killed in Tamil Nadu as devotees’ car falls in 40-feet-deep pit
The Ayyappa devotees were headed home after visiting Sabarimala when their car met with an accident late Friday.
December 24, 2022 -
As trial against him reaches crucial phase, actor Dileep prays at Sabarimala
According to the prosecution, Dileep, had also seen the visuals of the attack on the actress.
April 18, 2022 -
Sabarimala issue under radar in poll-bound Kerala
Minister Kadakampally Surendran's remark appeared to have evoked images of the tumultuous days in several quarters. His confession ahead of the Assembly elections is viewed as an attempt by the LDF to prevent a repeat of the backlash it faced in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
March 13, 2021 -
Sabarimala incidents pained me: Surendran
In the wake of the opposition UDF and BJP raising the Sabrimala women entry a campaign issue against LDF in the Assembly polls next month, senior CPIM Kerala leader and state Devaswom minister Kadakampally- Surendran on Thursday expressed regret over the incidents that took place in Sabarimala over the women entry issue.
March 12, 2021 -
BSNL terminates its employee who tried to enter Sabarimala in 2018
On October 19, 2018, Fathima along with another lady accompanied by a top police official and 100 other policemen tried to go up to the temple.
May 14, 2020 -
Sabarimala verdict not ‘final word’ yet as matter transferred to larger bench: SC
The top court's observation came when senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for a woman devotee, Bindu Ammini, alleged a violation of the 2018 verdict and said her client was attacked for her bid to enter the shrine.
December 5, 2019 -
Ayodhya to Sabarimala
The Sabarimala issue is one of the relationships of a woman with the divine. No human will deceive the divine or even attempt such an unscrupulous adventure. The Hindu has faith in karma and its resulting bhagya or fate. In the nature of this concept, each karma of each Hindu is self-recording. Even the most modern computer needs someone to make an entry by pressing a key. For the Hindu and his God there is nothing in between and hence there is no way to escape a mischief.
November 27, 2019 -
Ayyappa pilgrim from Mumbai dies after darshan
The deceased, M V Balan, from Chembur was being taken on a 'dolly' when he complained of chest pain.
November 20, 2019 -
Temple entry 2.0
The CPI-M led government’s anti-feminist stance is distinctly political in nature given that the next Assembly elections are due in mid-2021 and Kerala is known to vote along caste and community lines despite its famed tradition of throwing out the incumbent every five years.
November 20, 2019 -
Ranjan Gogoi retires as Chief Justice of India, a glimpse of his journey from UPSC to Ayodhya verdict
On demand of his father, Ranjan Gogoi appeared for UPSC exams and even cleared it. But he was honest enough to tell his father that his interest lies in pursuing law.
November 17, 2019 -
Sabarimala: Cops send back 3 Andhra women pilgrims
The three women who were barred entry to the temple came from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. They were part of a group of pilgrims who were stopped for checking by the police at Pamba base camp.
November 16, 2019 -
Defending humour
Kudos are therefore due to the executive committee and general council of the Kerala Laltihkala Akademi for rejecting a bid by the state government to review its decision to award a controversial cartoon focused on the activities of the suspended Bishop Franco Mullakal who is out on bail for alleged sexual abuse of a nun.
June 19, 2019 -
UDF reaps benefit of Sabarimala stir in Kerala Lok Sabha elections
It appears that Lord Ayyappa, the deity of the Sabarimala shrine has blessed not the ones who vociferously campaigned for him.
May 25, 2019 -
Kerala results: UDF surge renders severe blow to LDF
The LDF was forced to be content with one seat, Alappuzha. The LDF lost its traditional bastions such as, Palakkad, Alathur,Kannur, Kasargod, Vadakara and Attingal.
May 24, 2019 -
Thrissur: Notice to BJP candidate Suresh Gopi for invoking Lord Ayyappa during LS poll campaign
The Thrissur DC has in her report to Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena said she found that Suresh Gopi prima facie violated the model of conduct by using religious motifs to garner votes
April 8, 2019 -
Women at Sabarimala
Sabarimala will now join the list of temples open to women, but there are other Hindu temples that keep their gates shut to them. Moreover, there are possibly even more shrines of Muslim saints (tombs called dargahs) that traditionally disallow women from entering the inner sanctum. In 2016, the Supreme Court similarly forced the famous Haji Ali Dargah to open its doors to women, but the same did not apply to other Islamic shrines.
March 16, 2019