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A 24-hour bandh called by Antharashtriya Hindu Parishad and Sabarimala Samrakshana Samithi of Pravin Togadia, a group of faithful, also began to produce its effects in Kerala. Buses from KSRTC (Kerala Road Transport Corporation) were reported to have been bombed with stones in Kozikode, Cherthala and Aatingal.
The Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala opened its doors on Wednesday for the first time since the Supreme Court allowed women of menstruate age to enter the sanctuary, but none of the "forbidden" group could return to its sacred enclosure in the middle of a snowstorm. violent demonstrations and clashes.
The authorities imposed section 144 in Sannidhanam, Pamba, Nilakkal and Ilavunkal, but the prohibition orders were violated as protesters under the rally, under the pretext of being fervent.
The crew of CNN-News18 covering the protests in Sabarimala was attacked by a crowd at Nilakkal base camp, the main gate of the hill sanctuary, in a cowardly tactic designed to intimidate the devotees before the opening of the temple. 17 hours.
Women journalists from other organizations were also heckled and their vehicles destroyed. Most of the attacks began in the form of "vehicle checks" by protesters to ensure that young women are not inside. Chaos and chaos reigned over the road from Nilakkal to Pamba, at the foot of the hills, from where the faithful began the difficult descent to Sabarimala, while Hindu marginal group activists fought among themselves, many injured and injuring many people.
In anger at the decision of the Kerala Left Front government not to file a plea for review against the landmark decision of the Supreme Court on September 28, protesters threw stones at the police. The police also fought back with batons, leaving many people dead and writhing in pain on the road.
Several protesters were seen being bundled up in police vehicles, while resounding ambulances were carried by sirens to hospitals. At least 10 media people, including reporters and photojournalists, were injured and the equipment of several of them damaged, said EP Prime Minister Jayarajan.
Powerless in the face of the violence that was unfolding, Madhavi, a brave woman from Andhra Pradesh aged 40, attempted to climb the Sabarimala Hills to reach the Lord Ayyappa Temple, but was forced to return to Pamba, threatened by agitated male enthusiasts, reported PTI.
Congress, the main opposition party in Kerala, and the BJP, which is desperately trying to expand its footprint in the state, have been supporting agitation against the Supreme Court verdict.
K Sudhakaran, acting president of the State Congress, led the workers of his party during a demonstration in Nilakkal to express his solidarity with the faithful of Ayyappa.
The besieged Left Front government reacted strongly to the protests, with religious trust minister Kadakampally Surendran calling them "politically motivated".
Surendran, who reviewed the situation and preparations for the Mandalam-Makaravilakku festival starting on November 17 in Sannidhanam (Sabarimala temple complex), said the government would attack political unrest.
"The BJP-RSS is trying to create tension and destroy the climate of peace in Kerala in order to derive a political advantage from it.We are very familiar with the agenda of the RSS and the BJP," he said. he said insisting that the government did not want any confrontation with the believers.
The BJP rejected the allegation, claiming that the government was responsible for the "collapse" of the law and order.
Party leader and MP MP Muraleedharan said the government should get rid of its stubbornness and respect the feelings of the people of Kerala.
Congress President Ramesh Chennithala has accused both the ruling PCI (M) and the BJP-RSS of the violence.
Even when the streets of Nilakkal and Pamba burst into a tumult, thousands of Ayyappa 's bare – breasted faithful waited patiently in the vast hall outside Sabarimala for its doors to open. open at the agreed time: 17 hours.
Wearing "Irumudikettu" (the sacred package containing coconuts filled with ghee that they offer to the deity), they calmly passed in front of the security personnel to get in the long waiting line where they wait for hours to get a glimpse of Lord Ayyappa.
Although older women and very young girls can be seen in the crowd, no menstrual age has been spotted.
"No girl or woman in the age group of 10 and 50 years has ever visited Sannidhanam (the temple complex) until now," said a senior official of the Council of Travancore Devaswom, the body that runs the shrine, wishing not to be named. .
The sanctuary will remain open during the monthly pooja of 5 days during the Malayalam month of Thulam before being closed on October 22nd.
The Pathanamthitta District Authority issued prohibition orders under Article 144 of the CPC prohibiting the gathering of four or more people in conflict-torn Pamba and Nilakkal following Wednesday's violence and a strike launched by right-wing groups.
The BJP and its NDA partners have supported a 12-hour "hartal" called by the Sabarimala Council of Action to protest the police action against the devotees. Congress said it would not participate in the strike but would hold protest protests across the state on Thursday.
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