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* In the middle of the confrontation between the police and the protesters, the two women, who had reached the entrance point of the Sabarimala temple, will come back and be escorted by the police, according to IG Sreejith.
* The IG said that the two women, a journalist and a passionate, have expressed their willingness to come back and that they will enjoy full protection.
* While talking to YOU, the tantri of the temple said that he was pleased with the development. "I would have closed the temple if women aged 10 to 50 had come in. My responsibility is to respect and support the faithful," he said.
* Earlier, the priests also joined the demonstration on Friday chanting the Ayyappa mantra and asked the two women to return. Sabarimala tantri chief Kandararu Rajeevaru said he would close the temple and give the keys to the Devaswom painting in case the women climbed the 18 steps leading to the temple.
* On Thursday, a reporter from a foreign media based in New Delhi failed in his attempt to visit the shrine. The woman was turned away by protesters despite a police cordon and prohibition ordinances in effect.
* Earlier Wednesday, a woman follower from Andhra Pradesh, who had attempted the trek, was forced to return in the same way after being intimidated by angry protesters.
* Protesters continuing to disrespect the order of the Supreme Court, the administration imposed Thursday a curfew in the regions of Illavungal and Sannidanam, which will remain in force until 39; to Friday.
The Pathanamthitta District Administration imposed prohibition orders under section 144 for two days, but protesters by two or three, dressed in traditional black pilgrims and wearing irumudikettu (offerings to the Ayyappa deity), caused unrest in several places on Thursday.
* On Tuesday, protesters intercepted and controlled vehicles, including state-run buses, and forced women back into the 10-to-50 age group.
* The 12-hour hart called by the right-wing Hindu organizations, under the banner Karmaseva Samithi, slowed the pilgrims' progress on Thursday. State buses, used by the majority of pilgrims, were not put into service until Thursday at noon, after the buses were attacked and damaged the day before. Taxis have remained off the roads for fear of attack.
* In Nilackal, members of Bharatiya Yuva Morcha violated the prohibition orders and took a walk. They were arrested Thursday afternoon.
* Buses were damaged in Kuttippuram, Chamravattom and Kalachal. A bus driver was injured. Two policemen were also injured in violence near Tanur.
* Sabarimla's chief priest, Kandaru Rajeevaru, on Thursday appealed to women in the 10-50 age group, who were restricted in accordance with the secular traditions of the shrine, not to come to Sannidhanam and create problems.
* The state government maintained that it was required to enforce the decision of the Supreme Court.
* The LDF government has also accused the BJP, the RSS and Congress of engaging in "double talk" and playing "dirty games" on the Sabarimala issue.
* Head of the RSS, Mohan Bhagwat, said on Thursday that the verdict of the Supreme Court did not take into account the nature and the principle of the tradition accepted by the society and which had caused "dissensions" in the society.
* On 28 September, a five-judge Constitutional Court chaired by then President Dipak Misra lifted the age-old ban on the entry of women of age into the sanctuary.
(With agency entries)
