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.
The Travancore Devaswom Board, which is managing the affairs of Sabarimala, took a U-turn in the Supreme Court on Wednesday by supporting its 28 September verdict which had allowed women of all age groups to enter the shrine
On 2 January, after two women Kanaka Durga and Bindu Ammini completed a 'darshan', and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan confirmed this, the temple had been shut for an hour around 10.30 am for "purification" rituals
The Sabarimala revenue decreased by Rs 98.35 crore, compared to the previous year, according to the Travancore Devaswom Board
Kerala government tells Supreme Court as many as 51 women have entered the Lord Ayyappa shrine since the court allowed entry of women aged 10 to 50 years into the Sabarimala temple
Makar Sankranti is one of the few Hindu festivals that are observed following the solar cycle and not the lunar cycle of the lunisolar calendar
