Articles for Sabarimala Devotees

Pilgrims Allowed to Carry Coconuts in Cabin Baggage for Sabarimala Pilgrimage
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Pilgrims Allowed to Carry Coconuts in Cabin Baggage for Sabarimala Pilgrimage

India Today  

Pilgrims visiting the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala can now carry coconuts in their cabin baggage in flights until January 20, 2025. The decision was made to ease travel for devotees undertaking the annual pilgrimage to honor Lord Ayyappa. However, pilgrims must undergo comprehensive security checks before bringing coconuts on board.

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BJP Manifesto promises to secure and protect faith, traditions and rituals related to Sabarimala
5 years, 9 months ago

BJP Manifesto promises to secure and protect faith, traditions and rituals related to Sabarimala

Op India  

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the BJP’s election manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha polls at the party’s Delhi headquarters. The Communist Kerala government faced massive protests after it deliberately allowed politically motivated ‘activists’ to enter the shrine and violate age-old customs while arresting Hindu devotees to keep them away from entering the Sabarimala shrine. In a deliberate attempt …

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Sabarimala: Kerala govt says 51 women entered shrine, panel slams VIP treatment by police
5 years, 11 months ago

Sabarimala: Kerala govt says 51 women entered shrine, panel slams VIP treatment by police

Op India  

A massive controversy is set to erupt as Kerala Communist government has revealed to the Supreme Court that it had allowed fifty-one women under the age of 50 to enter the Sabarimala temple after the contentious September 28 verdict of the apex court. “Over 7,000 women in the age group of 10 to 50 years had registered online to enter …

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Ploy to Hurt Devotees: Chennithala, Others on Women in Sabarimala
6 years ago

Ploy to Hurt Devotees: Chennithala, Others on Women in Sabarimala

The Quint  

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday morning at a press meet, CPI Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan also discussed the Thanthri’s decision to close the sanctum sanctorum for “purification”, saying, “The Thanthri and Devaswom Board have the responsibility to enact the SC verdict, which allowed women of all ages to enter Sabarimala. In fact, the Thanthri is a litigant named in the SC’s …

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Sabarimala LIVE: Statewide Strike in Kerala Tomorrow Over Entry of Women Devotees in Shrine
6 years ago

Sabarimala LIVE: Statewide Strike in Kerala Tomorrow Over Entry of Women Devotees in Shrine

News 18  

Sabarimala LIVE Updates: Kochi and Thiruvanathapuram were among four places where protests erupted after two women devotees of menstruating age entered Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple on Wednesday, scripting history after the Supreme Court verdict allowing entry to women of all ages into the Lord Ayyappa shrine. “Have the Communists desecrated Sabarimala shrine by facilitating entry of women of restricted age group …

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Sabarimala: Communist Kerala govt now suggests setting aside 2 days for women pilgrims of all ages
6 years, 1 month ago

Sabarimala: Communist Kerala govt now suggests setting aside 2 days for women pilgrims of all ages

Op India  

The Communist Kerala government, after heaping atrocities on Sabarimala devotees, has now suggested the Kerala High Court that two days could be set apart for women pilgrims of all ages to offer prayers at the Sabarimala hill shrine. The Communist government gave the suggestion during the hearing of a petition moved by four women devotees seeking protection for women of …

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Sabarimala: Kerala Police takes BJP leader K Surendran into preventive custody, devotees protest at Nilakkal base camp
6 years, 1 month ago

Sabarimala: Kerala Police takes BJP leader K Surendran into preventive custody, devotees protest at Nilakkal base camp

Op India  

The Kerala government in its bid to scuttle protests at Sabarimala has taken Kerala BJP general secretary K Surendran into “preventive custody” and has been forcefully removed from Nilakkal base camp on Saturday night. According to the reports, K Surendran was carrying Irumudikettu, when Kerala police stopped him from moving ahead to reach the Sabarimala shrine. The Kerala police took …

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Dawn-to-dusk hunger strike by BJP over arrest of Sabarimala protesters in Kerala
6 years, 2 months ago

Dawn-to-dusk hunger strike by BJP over arrest of Sabarimala protesters in Kerala

Op India  

A dawn-to-dusk hunger strike by BJP workers began on Tuesday, right in front of Kerala DGP’s office, further intensifying the agitation against the CPI-led LDF government’s crackdown on Sabarimala protesters. BJP also announced that a ‘Rath Yatra’ will begin in order to “save the customs and traditions” of the hill shrine, starting November 8 to 13 – from Kasaragod to …

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By Invitation: Sabarimala- No stairway to heaven for our women
6 years, 2 months ago

By Invitation: Sabarimala- No stairway to heaven for our women

Deccan Chronicle  

Heckled and harassed, donned in riot gear, the women who made their way to Sabarimala took the metaphorical leap towards a more liberal India. That was the day when a five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court struck down a long held religious tradition that kept women between the ages of 10 and 50 from entering one of the greatest Hindu …

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Sabarimala Temple LIVE Updates: Rain Halts Dalit Woman's Historic Trek, Cops Conduct 'Background Check'
6 years, 2 months ago

Sabarimala Temple LIVE Updates: Rain Halts Dalit Woman's Historic Trek, Cops Conduct 'Background Check'

News 18  

Sabarimala Temple LIVE Updates: Attempting to be the first woman of menstrual age to pray at the Lord Ayyappa shrine in Sabarimala, the general secretary of a Dalit outfit in Kerala will not embark on the trek from Pampa today due to inclement weather. A day earlier, the Sabarimala temple complex witnessed high drama and tense moments when two women …

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Sabarimala, abode of Lord Ayyappa: Of ‘equality’, the misinformation and what we stand to lose
6 years, 2 months ago

Sabarimala, abode of Lord Ayyappa: Of ‘equality’, the misinformation and what we stand to lose

Op India  

The entry of women aged 10 to 50 was prohibited in the Sabarimala Temple. On 30 September 2018, the Supreme Court ordered to open the Sabarimala Temple on the ground of equal rights of women for women of all ages. Since, in Sabarimala, it is the deity, who is practising Naishtika Brahmachari, women of reproductive age are prohibited from entering …

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Sabarimala row: Two women forced to return due to tense protests after reaching within metres of temple's sanctum sanctorum
6 years, 2 months ago

Sabarimala row: Two women forced to return due to tense protests after reaching within metres of temple's sanctum sanctorum

Firstpost  

Ending hours-long drama and tense moments at Sabarimala, two women reached the hilltop on Friday but had to return before reaching the sanctum sanctorum following massive protests by Lord Ayyappa devotees. Sabarimala: Ending hours-long drama and tense moments at Sabarimala, two women reached the hilltop on Friday but had to return before reaching the sanctum sanctorum following massive protests by …

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Two women begin to climb up Sabarimala temple amid strong protests
6 years, 2 months ago

Two women begin to climb up Sabarimala temple amid strong protests

Live Mint  

Ernakulam: In a first, two young women have started climbing up the hill to Kerala’s Sabarimala temple under high police cover on Friday morning, erupting massive protests from devotees. One of the women climbing up the hill is said to be a devotee from Kerala, seen in television channels as wearing the traditional black dress of Sabarimala devotees and carrying …

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Kannur's young woman to worship at Sabarimala
6 years, 3 months ago

Kannur's young woman to worship at Sabarimala

Deccan Chronicle  

Kannur: Many Ayyappa devotees will not be amused by the vow taken by Reshma Nishanth, 32, of Irinavu here to pray to Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala this time. If lakhs of women devotees visit Sabarimala, as Reshma hopes, only the Lord will know the outcome. Reshma, a teacher in an unaided college here, has long cherished the desire to worship …

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Kerala government says it is 'impractical' to have separate queues for woman at Sabarimala temple
6 years, 3 months ago

Kerala government says it is 'impractical' to have separate queues for woman at Sabarimala temple

Firstpost  

On 28 October, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra lifted the ban on entry of women of menstrual age into Sabarimala temple. Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government Monday said it was “impractical” to have separate queues for women at Sabarimala, though it decided to facilitate their visits to the Ayyappa temple by providing better facilities. The Monday’s …

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