Tag: Sabarimala protests

Amid reports of possible tension, Sabarimala temple opens for 5-day puja

Two young women Bindu and Kanakadurga had entered the hill shrine on 2 January during the Makaravilkku season leading to a huge protest.

February 13, 2019

Exclusionary practice in Sabarimala based on deity character, petitioners tell SC; Kerala govt opposes

A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by the then Chief Justice Misra had on September 28 last year junked the age-old tradition of the Lord Ayyappa temple by a majority verdict of 4:1.

February 6, 2019

Woman who entered Sabarimala temple thrown out by in-laws, sent to shelter home

Kanaka Durga and Bindu Ammini (40) had entered the hill shrine on January 3, breaking a centuries-old tradition and defying dire threats from right-wing groups.

January 23, 2019

Sabarimala Protests: Will give ‘befitting reply’, says BJP following attack on party MP

On Friday night, a country-made bomb was hurled at the ancestral house of BJP MP V Muraleedharan in Kerala's Kannur district while country-made bombs were also hurled at CPI (M) MLA AN Shamseer and party's district secretary P Sasi while a CPI (M) worker was hacked to death at Irutty in Kannur.

January 6, 2019

Hartal in Kerala over women’s entry into Sabarimala

Violent protests broke out across Kerala on Wednesday following the entry of the two women below 50 into the Sabarimala temple; a 55-year-old man lost his life in clashes between CPI(M) and BJP workers

January 3, 2019

Two Kerala women stopped metres from Sabarimala temple; police lathi-charge protesters

Earlier on Sunday, 11 women, all from Tamil Nadu, had come to Pamba base camp ready for a trek to the shrine to pray to Lord Ayyappa, but were stopped by protesters.

December 24, 2018

Man sets himself ablaze at Sabarimala protest venue, dies; BJP targets Kerala CM

Chanting Swamiye saranam Ayyappa, Nair set himself ablaze after pouring petrol over his body and tried to run to the makeshift tent where senior BJP leader C.K. Padmanabhan had been staging an indefinite fast.

December 13, 2018

Sabarimala protests part of BJP-RSS game plan: CPI-M

The agitation against the Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala is part of an “all-India game plan of the BJP and RSS to stir up communal tensions and create communal polarization” ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the CPI-M has said. “Given the all-round failure of the Modi government and with the Lok Sabha elections just...

November 22, 2018

Pilgrims not ‘Gulag inmates’: Amit Shah slams Kerala govt over police action at Sabarimala

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had justified police action in Sabarimala, saying those who tried to create trouble were the ones who were arrested on Sunday night.

November 20, 2018

60 arrested after midnight clashes at Sabarimala; protesters camp outside Kerala CM’s house

The situation started growing tense late on Sunday when despite prohibitory orders, over 200 pilgrims did not vacate the premise and started singing Lord Ayyappa hymns.

November 19, 2018

Sabarimala temple protests ‘unacceptable’: Kerala HC declines bail plea of arrested man

The Supreme Court on September 28 overturned a centuries-old practice that barred women of menstrual age (10-50 years) from entering the hill temple, where celibate deity Lord Ayyappa is worshipped.

November 8, 2018

Clashes erupt as woman reaches Sabarimala temple on Day 2; cameraman injured

The woman offered prayers at the temple under police protection after she was forced to show her Aadhaar card to prove her age.

November 6, 2018

Sabarimala temple re-opens today; 2,300 police personnel deployed

This is the second time the hill temple would open for 'darshan' after the Supreme Court allowed entry of women of all age groups into it.

November 5, 2018

In faraway Nigeria, Malayalees raise pitch against Sabarimala order

Protest held at Ayyappa temple in Lagos; we are ready to wait, say women devotees

November 4, 2018

Restrictions, heavy security put in place as Sabarimala temple opens on Nov 5

According to police officials, no one other than the devotees and media persons will be allowed to travel to Pambha from Nilackal.

November 3, 2018

‘You have no space here’: Kerala CM slams Amit Shah over Sabarimala temple case

On Saturday, Shah warned Vijayan not to play with the Sabarimala issue and warned that the BJP would not mind throwing out the Kerala government if it tried to tinker with issues of faith.

October 29, 2018

Kerala Police cracks down on Sabarimala protesters, over 2000 arrested

On October 29, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will review the actions taken against Sabarimala protesters.

October 26, 2018