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The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which runs the historic Sabarimala temple in Kerala, took a U-turn in the Supreme Court on Wednesday by supporting its verdict which had allowed women of all age groups to enter the shrine. The Board, which also comprise the state government nominees, told a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Read More…
Four of the five nuns, who back their colleague who alleged she had been raped by Bishop Franco Mulakkal, have been asked to leave the Kuravilangad convent immediately by the management of the Missionaries of Jesus congregation. They have been asked to join other convents of the congregation in other parts of the country, Read More…
Young woman has climbed a mountain in India, where only men were allowed until now for religious reasons. Located within a biosphere reserve in India’s Western Ghats, Agasthya koodam is the second highest peak in Kerala. In November, the high court in Kerala ruled that women could trek to the 1,868m (6,128ft) sacred Read More…
Sabarimala shrine was closed to women of “menstruating age” – defined as between 10 and 50 – until India’s top court overturned the ban in September. Kanaka Durga and Bindu Ammini, 40, made history after they entered Sabarimala in the middle of the night escorted by policemen. But as news of their entry Read More…
Post Historical entry of women inside Sabarimala violence been unleashed by backward hindutva forces under kerala State BJP and RSS trigged massive clash and So far, 1,869 cases have been registered and 5,769 persons arrested in connection with the violence. At least 4,980 persons have been granted bail, a statement from the State Police Read More…
On Tuesday, women from various walks of life writers, athletes, actors, politicians and techies, government officials and homemakers stood across the highways crisscrossing through the 14 districts in the state as the event commenced at 4 pm. Expressing solidarity, thousands of men also lined up parallel forming a second human ‘wall’. In Read More…
Accusing the state BJP of trying to create a divide in society over the Sabarimala issue, four BJP leaders resigned from the party on Friday BJP state committee member Vellanad Krishnakumar, party’s district leaders Uzhamalackal Jaykumar, Thelicode Surendran and V Sukumaran resigned from the BJP, alleging that the party tried to create a divide Read More…
Tension prevailed at Pamba, the foothills of the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Kerala, on Sunday morning as a group of 11 women below the age of 50 years, tried to trek the hilltop shrine, even as devotees protested against the move. Though they attempted to trek through the traditional forest path, about five kilometres Read More…
With the annual ‘Mandala Puja’ just days away, the Lord Ayyappa Temple here has been witnessing a heavy rush as over one lakh pilgrims visited the hill top temple on Friday. A steady inflow of pilgrims was seen at Sabarimala in recent days as the police had eased certain restrictions even as Read More…
The LDF government in Kerala on Thursday made it clear that the prohibitory orders imposed at the Sabarimala temple cannot be withdrawn now, even as the ‘Satyagraha’ by three opposition UDF MLAs at the state Assembly against the curbs, entered its fourth day. The lawmakers V S Sivakumar (Congress), Parakkal Abdullah (Indian Union Muslim Read More…