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Sabarimala Temple LIVE Updates: Rain Halts Dalit Woman's Historic Trek, Cops Conduct 'Background Check'
Sabarimala Temple LIVE Updates: Rain May Delay Dalit Leader's Historic Trek to Shrine, Protesters Gather in Big Numbers
October 20, 2018, 5:26 pm explore: India
Devaswom Board 'Ready to Compromise' to End Sabarimala Deadlock, To Discuss Solution Today
Travancore Devaswom Board president A Padmakumar said the board has always taken a stand that it was ready for any sort of compromise to end the protest and bring normalcy.
October 19, 2018, 12:17 am explore: India
Sabarimala Temple Opens After Day of Protests, None From 'Banned' Group Makes it to Shrine
The shrine will remain open for the 5-day monthly pooja during the Malayalam month of Thulam before being closed on October 22.
October 17, 2018, 11:03 pm explore: India
Protesters Evicted From 'Ground Zero', 16 Arrested as Sabarimala Opens Gates to Women Today
Although Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has assured that the government would not let anyone take law into their own hands, the state remains on tenterhooks amid threats of mass suicides and warnings of disruptions.
October 17, 2018, 8:37 am explore: India
BJP Holds Massive Rally To Protest Against Women's Entry in Sabarimala
The BJP has alleged that the attempt to implement the judgment was a "conspiracy" to destroy the hillock shrine.
Ahead of Sabarimala Temple Opening, Devaswom Board May Seek More Time to Implement SC Order
The shrine will reopen on Wednesday for monthly rituals. It would be closed on October 22 after the five-day monthly pooja of Malayalam month of 'Thulam'.
Were Women Allowed in Sabarimala? 25-Year-Old Affidavit by Travancore Devaswom Board Says Yes
While the majoritarian view takes to the streets protesting the entry of menstruating women into Sabarimala, there remains a fraction of society that says there is solid evidence in support of women having entered the famous shrine.
Aishwarya Kumar, October 12, 2018, 8:26 pm explore: India
SC Issues Notices to Kerala Govt Over Swamy's Plea to Abolish Devaswom Board
The notices have been issued to the Board and the Kerala government. The top court will hear the case after six weeks.
No New Toilets or Facilities for Women in Sabarimala: Devaswom Board Reverts Decision
Most of the members of the board were reportedly not in favour of letting women of all age groups enter the Sabarimala temple and therefore have considered a change of plans.
Nair Service Society And Others To File Review Petition Challenging Entry of Women in Sabarimala Temple
The Kerala government though will not appeal against the Supreme Court order lifting the ban on women pilgrims, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
Chandrakanth Viswanath, October 5, 2018, 3:18 pm explore: India
BJP Gears Up to Fight the Sabarimala Verdict Amid RSS U-Turn and Confusion
The tumult in the Saffron cadres is visible as the Bharatiya Mahila Morcha, the women's wing of BJP, carried out an agitation in front of the headquarters of Travancore Devaswom Board
Chandrakanth Viswanath, October 5, 2018, 12:46 pm explore: India
'Temples Managed by Devotees' Offerings, Not Govt': Nair Community to File Plea Against Sabarimala Order
Nair Service Society general secretary G Sukumaran Nair termed as 'disappointing' the stand taken by the Kerala government and the Travancore Devaswom Board that they would not file a review petition.
October 4, 2018, 4:50 pm explore: India
RSS Changes Stance on Women's Entry in Sabarimala, Slams Kerala Govt for Implementing SC Verdict
RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi said that while the Sangh respects the court's judgment, the sentiments of millions of devotees, including women, cannot be ignored.
Only Women Who Are Prepared to Stand in Long Queues Must Visit Sabarimala, Says Kerala Govt
A high-power committee meeting chaired by CM Pinarayi Vijayan discussed various arrangements to be made for women devotees, days after the Supreme Court opened the gate of the temple for women of all ages.
October 1, 2018, 11:12 pm explore: India
Can Women Trek Kilometers to Reach Sabarimala and Stand in Packed Crowd, Asks TDB Chief
The apex court had on September 28 lifted the ban on the entry of women aged between 10-50 years to the forest shrine, holding that the centuries-old Hindu religious practise was illegal and unconstitutional.
September 30, 2018, 7:56 pm explore: India
Sabarimala Verdict LIVE Updates: 'Can't Use Religion to Deny Women Right to Worship', Rules SC
Supreme Court on Friday opened doors of Sabrimala Temple to women of all age groups, while ruling that 'biological or physiological reasons cannot be accepted in freedom for faith'. "Prohibition can't be regarded as an essential component of religion," CJI Dipak Misra said.
September 28, 2018, 12:12 pm explore: India
Sabarimala: From Key Issues to Kerala Govt's Stand, Here's All You Need to Know
The Supreme Court will pronounce on Friday its verdict on a clutch of pleas challenging the ban on entry of women between 10 and 50 years of age into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.
Debayan Roy, September 28, 2018, 10:17 am explore: India
Should Sabarimala Temple Open Its Doors to Women? Supreme Court to Decide Today
Earlier in July, the apex court had said a woman's right to pray is equal to that of a man as enshrined in the Constitution and forming a law cannot negate that.
After SC Rap, Sabarimala Board Likely to Support Women's Entry in Kerala Temple
When the CPI(M)-led state government supported the move to open temple doors for women, the TDB took a different position in the apex court on Thursday, saying that women in the 10-50 age group were barred from entry to the temple because they could not observe the required 41-day fast.
July 22, 2018, 10:53 am explore: India
Female Devotees Need to Carry Age Proof to Offer Prayers in Sabarimala
The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the shrine, has decided to make the age proof mandatory during the ongoing pilgrim season in view of the increasing instances of women devotees trying to trek to the hillock shrine defying the restrictions.