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Sabarinala Temple: Women in the age group of 10 to 50 years from entering the shrine.
New Delhi:
Two days after the Sabarimala temple opened for the first time after the Supreme Court, the Lord Ayyappa shrine.
The walk away from Pamba is 4.7 km from the beach. On Thursday, Suhasini Raj, who works as the India reporter for the New York Times, with a foreign national colleague,
The Sabarimala temple head priest has appealed to women belonging to the age group of 10-50 who were restricted to the centuries-old traditions of the shrine, not to come to Sannidhanam.
Sabarimala Ayyappa temple's website explains that since Lord Ayyappa was "Nithya Brahmachari" – or celibate – women in the 10-50 age group are not allowed to enter. "Such women who try to enter Sabarimala will be prevented by authorities," the website reads.
On September 28, a Five-Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, Headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra lifted the centuries-old woman on menstrual age in the shrine.
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To enter the Sabarimala temple, the pilgrim has to pass Pathinettampadi (holy eighteen steps).
Kavitha Jakkal is being escorted by a hundred policemen in riot gear
The hearing in the lease application matter of activist Rahul Easwar will take place tomorrow before Pathanamthitta Judicial first class Magistrate 1. He was arrested on 17 October from Nilakkal base camp.
"Gower security to the women is important, but it does not matter if it is activists or people," Devasom Board Minister Kadamkapally Surendran said.
He added that the government is focused on protecting the interests of every person and the world. However, the government will not allow activists to turn Sabarimala into a place to prove themselves, he added.
General Inspector of Police Sreejith is negotiating with protesters to allow the woman to enter the shrine.
Devotees are sitting in protest near the shrine.
Top Cop Negotiates With Protesters As Woman Nears Sabarimala ShrineTwo women started a 5-km uphill trek towards the Sabarimala shrine in Kerala, escorted by a 100 policemen in riot gear shielding them from a sea of protesters determined to stop them from reaching the hilltop temple of Lord Ayyappa. The two, including a journalist, are expected to make it to the shrine, on the third day after the Supreme Court of the Supreme Court last month overturned a centuries-old menstruating on age, or between 10 and 50 years, entering Sabarimala. "
Citing Traditions, BJP and the Congress are on the same page in Sabarimala shrine despite the Supreme Court order.
Though the Kerala government claims it would enforce the top court's order, they would not be allowed to come into contact with the Sabarimala shrine.
Inspector General of Police Sreejith has submitted to the protestors that the police will not go back on implementation of the Supreme Court ruling. He has told them that he has no problem with the subject of protest, but has made it clear that he has a right to enter the temple.
A woman devotee, who has walked the trek from Pamba, will reach the coming in 10 minutes. The woman – who is under 50 devotee – will be the first to climb the 18 steps leading to the sanctum sanctorum.
The ban at Sabarimala – one of the holiest sites in Hinduism – goes back centuries according to traditionalists, but was only formalized in 1991 by the Kerala High Court.
They are not devotees who are indulging violence. But they are not devotees.There was no women at the scenes of violence butonly women journalists and that too many kilometers from the temple. Violence at Sabarimala is BJP's manipulation.
– Thomas Isaac (@drthomasisaac) October 19, 2018
Kavitha Jakkal, the woman journalist undertaking the trek, is being escorted by police. Police have assured her protection till the shrine.
Visiting the shrine reiterates that the sanctity of the temple and Lord Ayyappa "must be preserved at any cost".
Lord Ayyappa is considered "Nithya Brahmachari" or celibate.
Supreme Court is right that men and women are equal. But here is some culture in the group of 10-50 is not allowed in the temple. It's our custom.We should follow our customs as India is custom-following country: Devotee at Sannidhanam, Kerala
Visuals from Sannidhanam as protests against the entry of the women of all ages groups in the temple continues. Protesters say "No woman between 10-50 years of age will be here." We are protecting Sabarimala. "
A woman devotee and a journalist have started 4.7 km climb towards the shrine. The journalist, Kavita, works with MoJo TV in Hyderabad. Police said they will be escorted to the shrine.
- No women were admitted to the hilltop temple as protesters prevented their entry through the day.
- Two New York Times Woman Pressed the trek yesterday but was forced to abort the trek midway. The journalists had made it clear that they were not devotees.
- Police used batons against protesters who had turned violent at the Nilakkal Base Camp in Pathanamthitta district.
- A 12-hour state-wide shutdown was called by the Sabarimala Protection Committee. Many shops are shut down and vehicles are off the roads.
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