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Sabarimala temple LIVE updates: Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala rejected TDB's decision to file the affidavit in the Supreme Court. He said the board should file a petition for review instead of filing the affidavit. He accused the TDB of acting on the order of the ruling Indian Communist Party (Marxist).
Travancore Dewasom's board of directors decided to file an urgent affidavit in the Supreme Court regarding the entry of women to the Sabarimala Temple. The chairman of the board, A Padmakumar, said that he had decided to address senior counsel, Abishek Manu Singhvi, to represent him in the Supreme Court.
Massive protests by hundreds of worshipers at the entrance to the Sabarimala Temple forced the Kerala police, accompanying two women on Friday, to cancel their trip. Meanwhile, a third woman was sent back from Pamba camp after police declared themselves helpless after priests threatened to close the shrine.
Reacting to the comment of a minister from Kerala that the Sabarimala Shrine was not a place for activist demonstrations, Rehan Fathima, one of Shine's fired women, asked her how someone would behave. could one decide whether or not she was an activist?
Another 46-year-old woman, Mary Sweety, trying to go to Sabarimala. However, the state police managed to dissuade her from getting on for the moment. A little earlier, the high priest of Sabarimala had threatened to close the doors of the sanctuary.
Kerala IGP said police forces were powerless in the face of the protest because the use of force was not an option. He said that they had no option after the high priest had said that he would close the temple. "Stopping the pooja would have been a ritual disaster," said the policeman.
The two women who were en route to the shrine were invited to return by the Kerala IGP. The police advised against entering the shrine because the faithful refused to give in. The chief priest of the sanctuary had also threatened to close the temple if the women tried to force him in.
The two women who were en route to the sanctuary agreed to abandon their trip. The police had asked them to abort their plan earlier because an unprecedented confrontation ensued between the police and the protesters. In fact, the Chief Priest had also threatened to close the temple if the women tried to force him in.
The Chief Priest of Sabarimala Temple said CNN-News18 that he will be forced to lock the temple and hand over the keys to the women who run the temple from 10 to 50 years and try to force their way. The priests have finished the morning ceremony, but doubts remain. great on whether the evening pooja can take place given the current stalemate.
Two women reached less than 200 meters from the Lord Ayyappa Shrine, the furthest of women between the ages of 10 and 50 who have ever been to the sanctuary of the single deity. However, about 250 male faithful blocking their way prevent women from violating their religion, which is in direct conflict with the recent Supreme Court order.
The Kerala government makes a U-turn on women's position after the last confrontation. Minister Devaswom of the Kerala Government, Kadakampally Surendran, said that the government had no obligation to protect the rights of activists, but simply to show off a place of worship. He said that the government would only protect the true devotees who come to pray to the devotee.
"We are here to pursue the verdict of the Supreme Court, we are not here to hurt you (devotees), so please cooperate with us, we are also devotees of Lord Ayyappa, but we must also protect the law and the law ", Kerala IGP tells the protesters
When two women, a journalist and a devotee, try to reach the shrine of the hill, dozens of followers of Lord Ayyappa began to converge around the shrine. While some protesters are heading towards the woman – which is around Marakoottam, 2km from the shrine – another group is about to enter the temple and will try to block their access.
Another woman under 50 is trying to reach Sannidhanam. Putting her traditional black dress and irumudi on her head, the woman reached Sabarideepam, a place just two kilometers from the main temple. However, unlike the Andhra reporter, this devotee does not seem to wear protective gear.
Kavita, a journalist based in Andhra Pradesh, is climbing Sabarimala Road under incredible police protection. She wears full riot gear, including helmets. The Inspector General of Police, Sreejith, heads the police party. She says she wants to report to Sannidhanam.
As Kerala protested more and more against the entry of women of menstrual age into the Sabarimala Temple, Travancore Devaswom's council will meet Friday in Thiruvananthapuram to find an amicable solution to the conflict.
Before the meeting, TDB, which administers the Hill Sanctuary, said Thursday that she was ready for any sort of compromise to end the stalemate. TDB President A Padmakumar said the board of directors has always said it is ready to accept any compromise to end the protest and restore normalcy.
"We are not for any policy on this subject," he told reporters.
Seeking to reach the faithful opposed to the entry of women of all age groups, he asked if the protest would end if the TDB Bank pleaded for a reconsideration of its verdict before the Supreme Court.
The meeting is held after the consensus has eluded a crucial stakeholder meeting convened by the council last week to address the thorny issue of women entering the sanctuary from all age groups following the ruling. of the Supreme Court.
However, TDB, which operates more than 1,200 temples in the state, including the Lord Ayyappa Temple, said the talks with stakeholders would continue to find a solution.
Last week's meeting involving various actors from the sanctuary, including the tantri temple (chief priest), the Pandalam royal family, "Ayyappa Seva Samajam" and "Yoga Kshema Sabha", did not result in an agreement, the TDB remained on its stand not to go for a plea.
Representatives of the Pandalam royal family had left, as TDB refused to recognize their request for a decision to file the application for review on Tuesday.
However, the president of TDB had stated that the meeting was not a "failure" and that the board wanted to settle the matter and continue the discussions with the people concerned.
Sabarimala Temple, located in the ecologically fragile Western Ghats Mountains, opened on Thursday for the first time after the recent Supreme Court order authorizing the entry of women of all age groups.
The sanctuary will close on October 22 after the monthly five-day puja of the Malayalam month of Thulam.
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