Sabarimala Entrance

The Sabarimala temple is all set to get a new gold-plated door when the hill shrine opens for the 11-day monthly 'poojas' next week. The existing door of the sanctum sanctorum, which has developed tiny cracks, would be replaced with the new one on the night of March 11, temple authorities said.

The Sabarimala temple will close on Monday at 10 pm after the five-day puja. The shrine had opened on October 18, first time after the Supreme Court's landmark verdict, allowing women in menstruating age groups to enter the temple. In the last four days, nine women in the 10-50 age groups have been stopped by protesters from going to the temple. Ye...

Hundreds of policemen in riot gear have been deployed at the base camps near the Sabarimala temple and an equal number of protesting devotees are lying in wait to prevent women of menstruating age from entering the shrine to Lord Ayyappa nestled in the Western Ghats.

Amid huge protests by hundreds of devotees at the entrance of Sabarimala temple, woman devotee and activist Rehana Fathima had to come back, without entering the shrine on Friday. As she was walking to the shrine in the morning guarded by hundreds of policemen, from Pamba to Sannidhanam, Ms Fathima's house in Kochi was vandalised by men protesting ...

Hours ahead of the opening of the Lord Ayyappa Temple for devotees, this time for women too, the air is thick with resistance and anticipation at Nilakkal, the main entrance to Sabarimala. Girls and women of menstruating age en route the shrine are being stopped or asked to get off vehicles by those who disagree with the Supreme Court decision that...

From gay rights to adultery and entrance for woman in Kerala's famous Sabarimala temple, a five-judge constitution bench is expected to deliver a record number of judgments this month that have challenged the country's social fabric. There is also the question of validity of Aadhaar, which the government wants linked to every aspect of life - from ...

The Sabarimala temple is all set to get a new gold-plated door when the hill shrine opens for the 11-day monthly 'poojas' next week. The existing door of the sanctum sanctorum, which has developed tiny cracks, would be replaced with the new one on the night of March 11, temple authorities said.

The Sabarimala temple will close on Monday at 10 pm after the five-day puja. The shrine had opened on October 18, first time after the Supreme Court's landmark verdict, allowing women in menstruating age groups to enter the temple. In the last four days, nine women in the 10-50 age groups have been stopped by protesters from going to the temple. Ye...

Hundreds of policemen in riot gear have been deployed at the base camps near the Sabarimala temple and an equal number of protesting devotees are lying in wait to prevent women of menstruating age from entering the shrine to Lord Ayyappa nestled in the Western Ghats.

Amid huge protests by hundreds of devotees at the entrance of Sabarimala temple, woman devotee and activist Rehana Fathima had to come back, without entering the shrine on Friday. As she was walking to the shrine in the morning guarded by hundreds of policemen, from Pamba to Sannidhanam, Ms Fathima's house in Kochi was vandalised by men protesting ...

Hours ahead of the opening of the Lord Ayyappa Temple for devotees, this time for women too, the air is thick with resistance and anticipation at Nilakkal, the main entrance to Sabarimala. Girls and women of menstruating age en route the shrine are being stopped or asked to get off vehicles by those who disagree with the Supreme Court decision that...

From gay rights to adultery and entrance for woman in Kerala's famous Sabarimala temple, a five-judge constitution bench is expected to deliver a record number of judgments this month that have challenged the country's social fabric. There is also the question of validity of Aadhaar, which the government wants linked to every aspect of life - from ...