Devotees Protest  

Travancore Devaswom Board member N Vijaykumar said they would seek an explanation from the thantri for conducting purification rites. Following this incident, a huge protest was witnessed in front of the Travancore Devaswom Board office.

The Kerala high court has set up a monitoring team consisting of two senior judges and a senior IPS officer, specialising in Sabarimala issues. The government will implement new decisions in Sabarimala under their direction.

While prohibitory orders have been imposed in and around the Sabarimala shrine, Ayyappa devotees in Tamil Nadu staged a protest against Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan

Police retreated from the Piravom church after huge protests and suicide threats from devotees. Further action will be decided after Tuesday’s high court verdict, said police to media.

Kerala Police arrested devotees, who were just chanting ‘saranam’. Ayyappa devotees protested in Kannur, Kerala, against the government's irreligious stand on Sabarimala issue.

Reshma Nisanth, Sanila and Dhanya held a press conference at Kochi. While they remained adamant that they would enter the shrine, the demand enraged devotees of Lord Ayyappa.

Devotees protest outside Kochi airport as Trupti Desai prepares to enter Sabarimala shrine along with five other women

The idea behind this call of boycott was depriving the state of the revenue, as the devotees believed the money was helping an atheistic government, which controls temples, rather than furthering the Hindu cause. Their strategy seems to be succeeding.

Several Ayyappa devotees blocked state and national highways in various parts of Kerala to protest against the recent Supreme Court verdict on women’s entry into the temple.