Two Women Devotees Under 50 Pray At Sabarimala Temple In A First Since SC Verdict

TPI Staff January 2, 2019

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Mumbai: After SC verdict, two woman devotees, below the age of 50 years have entered the famous Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala for the first time. Following the months Supreme Court reversed the ban on the entry of females of menstrual age (10-50) years visited the temple.

Bindu and Kanakadurga, the two Keralite women’s in their 40s, invade the temple and offered prayers at around 3.45 am on Wednesday. They were escorted by police personnel.

Asserting the development, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement, “Today, two women entered Sabarimala Temple. We had issued standing orders to police to provide all possible protection to any woman who wants to enter the temple.”

The two women had attempted to visit Sabarimala temple in December last year but failed stupendously.

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Wherein, the top court had lifted banned on entry of women in the barred age on September 28 last year.

In spite of the apex court’s ruling on the matter, the chain of protest took place at the Sabarimala temple and its surrounding areas in the state, wherein several women attempted to visit the shrine, but were stopped by Lord Ayyappa devotees.