KOCHI: Bindu and Kanakadurga, two women in their early 40s, entered the Sabarimala shrine and had Ayyappa darshan on Wednesday, serving to ruin a long-standing non secular taboo that prohibited women of menstrual age from visiting the hill-top shrine and staining a red-letter day in the history of girls’s emancipation, no longer just in Kerala but nationwide.
The women, who made an previous attempt on December 24 but had been compelled to show again by way of right-wing protesters who threatened a violent stir, additionally ensured that the Supreme Court verdict permitting the entry of girls of all ages to the temple finally stands carried out 96 days after it used to be pronounced.
Bindu (42) is a college lecturer and CPI(ML) activist and Kanakadurga (44) is a civil provides department employee. The two entered the temple undetected at 3.38am, escorted by way of a small but handpicked staff of policemen who smuggled them in through a pre-designated course that avoided the 18 holy steps. The women, in all-black apparel traditionally associated with the Sabarimala pilgrimage, wore baggy garments and had their heads lined so that attainable protesters wouldn’t recognise them.
The women had been whisked away from the temple by way of police soon after darshan, taken to Pathanamthitta 40km away, from where they left for an undisclosed vacation spot, officers stated. The temple government and the whole state become aware of their entry simplest after TV channels began airing visuals by way of eight am.
As the clips went viral, the state govt confirmed the scoop. CM Pinarayi Vijayan stated, “Earlier, women were not in a position to enter the temple because of certain hurdles. They may have entered the shrine lately as a result of they should not have faced any issues. It is a incontrovertible fact that the ladies have entered Sabarimala. Police have given them security.”
The temple government reacted through open defiance, and conceivable contempt of courtroom, by way of ordering out devotees and closing down the sanctum sanctorum. They carried out a “purification” ritual for an hour earlier than the temple doors had been reopened.
The women, who made an previous attempt on December 24 but had been compelled to show again by way of right-wing protesters who threatened a violent stir, additionally ensured that the Supreme Court verdict permitting the entry of girls of all ages to the temple finally stands carried out 96 days after it used to be pronounced.
Bindu (42) is a college lecturer and CPI(ML) activist and Kanakadurga (44) is a civil provides department employee. The two entered the temple undetected at 3.38am, escorted by way of a small but handpicked staff of policemen who smuggled them in through a pre-designated course that avoided the 18 holy steps. The women, in all-black apparel traditionally associated with the Sabarimala pilgrimage, wore baggy garments and had their heads lined so that attainable protesters wouldn’t recognise them.
The women had been whisked away from the temple by way of police soon after darshan, taken to Pathanamthitta 40km away, from where they left for an undisclosed vacation spot, officers stated. The temple government and the whole state become aware of their entry simplest after TV channels began airing visuals by way of eight am.
As the clips went viral, the state govt confirmed the scoop. CM Pinarayi Vijayan stated, “Earlier, women were not in a position to enter the temple because of certain hurdles. They may have entered the shrine lately as a result of they should not have faced any issues. It is a incontrovertible fact that the ladies have entered Sabarimala. Police have given them security.”
The temple government reacted through open defiance, and conceivable contempt of courtroom, by way of ordering out devotees and closing down the sanctum sanctorum. They carried out a “purification” ritual for an hour earlier than the temple doors had been reopened.
2 women quietly visit Sabarimala, ‘purification’ & protest follow
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