New Delhi: Protests have erupted across Kerala after two women below 50 walked into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala before daybreak on Wednesday, becoming the first to do so since the Supreme Court ordered the end of a decades-old ban on women of menstrual age entering the shrine. The ruling BJP and other groups have called for a state-wide shutdown today. The Congress-led United Democratic Front said it would observe a "black day". A Sabarimala Karma Samithi activist who was injured during stone pelting in yesterday's clash has also succumbed to the injuries.
In a video accessed by NDTV, the women were seen hurrying into the shrine, dressed in all-black and escorted by the police yesterday. The temple was later shut down for ritual "purification" briefly before reopening to devotees.
Here are the Highlights on Sabarimala Temple:
Jan 03, 2019 16:45 (IST)
The All India Democratic Women's Association has expressed strong objection to the purification rituals carried out by the priests after two women of menstruating age visited the Sabarimala temple, calling it "demeaning" as it projects women as "impure" and "unclean".
Jan 03, 2019 14:48 (IST)
3 BJP workers have been injured in Thrissur and admitted to hospital.
Jan 03, 2019 10:35 (IST)
Two people have been detained by police in connection with yesterday's violence and stone- throwing incident in Pandalam after the entry of two women into Sabarimala temple yesterday.
Jan 03, 2019 08:58 (IST)
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has stopped its bus operations to Kerala for the day in view of the state wide shutdown called by various organisations after two women sneaked into Sabarimala temple yesterday.