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The tension reigned in the Kerala Nilakkal, the main gateway to Sabarimala, on Wednesday after the police used force to disperse the faithful opposing the entry of girls and women of menstrual age .
Police also removed a makeshift shelter erected by a group of protesters called Sabarimala Achara Samrakshana Samiti. However, a few hours later, the group was back on the scene, chanting Ayyappa mantra to protest the Supreme Court's order.
A few hours before the opening of the hill sanctuary for the monthly prayer, the police said it would not let anyone block the movement of the faithful. Taking full control of Nilakkal, the police also warned against those creating obstacles in pilgrim ways at the hill sanctuary.
The situation on the ground, however, seemed to belie the police's claims. Angry protesters blew stones from vehicles while the police did not allow them to conduct a search operation and prevented women between the ages of 10 and 50 from entering the shrine.
Police women were also badly hit by protesters, who questioned their deployment. Activist Rahul Easwar and his supporters arrested three police officers in Pamba.
The former board chairman of Travancore Devaswom and the wife of Kandararu Maheshwararu Tantri were arrested by police in Pamba for protesting the Supreme Court verdict and 50 people were detained for trying to To attack a journalist. About 500 police officers, including women, were deployed to allow pilgrims to go to the Lord Ayyappa Temple safely.
The sanctuary on the environmentally fragile western Ghats Mountains will open at 5 pm for the first time after the recent Supreme Court. The temple will be closed on October 22 after the five-day monthly prayer of the Malayalam month of Thulam.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said no one would be allowed to prevent worshipers from going to Sabarimala.
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