Tag: Sabarimala temple

Sabarimala temple row: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar appeals for peace

But the 62-year-old spiritual leader also said that the sentiments of devotees should be respected.

January 4, 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

Sabarimala tantri had no right to shut temple: Kerala Minister

As temple is shut and reopened after 'purification rituals' after women's entry, minister EP Jayarajan says this is a challenge to the judiciary

January 2, 2019

Sabarimala temple closed for purification after two women under 50 enter shrine

The two women, identified as Bindu and Kanakdurga, who are in their 40s, entered the shrine at around 3.45 am.

January 2, 2019

Lakhs of women to form 620 km ‘Women’s Wall’ in Kerala today to uphold gender equality

The proposed wall was suggested at a meeting called by the Kerala government in the backdrop of frenzied protests by right-wing parties and a section of devotees over the state's decision to implement the September 28 top court order, allowing women of all ages to Sabarimala.

January 1, 2019

Sabarimala temple to reopen today | Prohibitory orders extended till 5 January

The temple is opening for the popular 'Makaravilakku' season which will last till 20 January.

December 30, 2018

Sabarimala temple to close on Wednesday to mark the end of Mandalam festival

The Lord Ayyappa Shrine at Sabarimala will close at 10 pm on Wednesday after the Mandala puja, marking the culmination of the 41-day Mandalam festival.

December 25, 2018

2018: The year of the Supreme Court

From the right of a common citizen to privacy to that of women to practise religion, from decriminalising homosexuality to legalising passive euthanasia, and from adultery to inter-faith marriages, Supreme Court orders and directions left few sections of the society untouched this year.

December 24, 2018

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

Prohibitory orders extended in Sabarimala

Prohibitory orders were in place till Tuesday at Sabarimala since the day the hilltop shrine was opened for the annual Mandala-Makaravilkku pilgrimage.

December 5, 2018

Sabarimala won’t be allowed to turn into Ayodhya: Pinarayi Vijayan

Sabarimala town has witnessed protests ever since the Supreme Court ruled in September that women of all ages can enter the temple that hitherto banned girls and women aged 10-50.

November 28, 2018

BJP seeks votes in Lord Ram’s name, needs to be stopped: Sitaram Yechury

Yechury said that the CPI-M has been campaigning with three missions -- defeat BJP, broaden and strengthen the Left movement and to set up a secular government.

November 25, 2018

Kerala temple priest suspended for ‘abusive’ Facebook comments on minister

The priest had allegedly posted abusive comments against the minister after BJP state general secretary K Surendran was arrested by police as he defied police orders not to go to the Lord Ayyappa shrine.

November 22, 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 …

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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