Pilgrims returning from Sabarimala without ‘darshan’
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to guarantee that no person visits Sabarimala Temple without virtual queue booking or spot booking.
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to guarantee that no person visits Sabarimala Temple without virtual queue booking or spot booking.
It has, meanwhile, been reported that the Kerala High Court is considering to appoint a legal team to study the complaints of pilgrims about crowding at Sabarimala.
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.
The Ayyappa devotees were headed home after visiting Sabarimala when their car met with an accident late Friday.
According to the prosecution, Dileep, had also seen the visuals of the attack on the actress.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
