Sabarimala temple opens: uphill task for police, Kerala govtAs the Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala's Sabarimala opened on Friday evening for the 62-day long Mandala Pooja-Magaravilaku annual pilgrimage season, it is an uphill task for the Kerala police and the government to manage the protestors and implement the Supreme Court verdict allowing women of all ages to the shrine.
Activist Trupti Desai, who is in Kochi en route to Sabarimala, says she has been asked by police to return to Pune: PTI
Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple opened for the 62-day long Mandala Pooja-Magaravilaku annual pilgrimage season
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Heavy security in Nilackel, base camp for Sabarimala trek
Section 144 for seven days
Section 144of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) of 1973, prohibiting assembly of more than four persons, been imposed at Sabarimala.
Sabarimala:Trupti Desai arrives at Kochi amid protests
Activist Tripti Desai of Bhumata Brigade, who spearheaded thecampaign for women entry in several temples, landed in Kochi airport on Friday morning to visit the famous Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala.
Kochi: Trupti Desai, founder of Bhumata Brigade, having breakfast at Cochin International Airport as she hasn't been able to leave the airport yet due to protests being carried out against her visit to #Sabarimala Temple. #Keralapic.twitter.com/ILDV7silTx
Sabarimala temple opens for annual pilgrimage today
An all-party meeting convened by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in Thiruvananthapuram failed to achieve any breakthrough with the Opposition – Congress and BJP – and the government sticking to their known stands.