Sabarimala Temple  

Countering chief minister’s stand that the UDF was helping BJP in the Sabarimala temple issue, Ramesh Chennithala said it was Pinarayi Vijayan who acted like the ‘Godfather of the BJP’. Chennithala alleged that the government has double standards on the temple row.

Thousands of devotees have vowed not to donate a penny to this and other temples until all temples in the country are freed from government control. For, they do not want their money to fill the state coffers as they hold that the state is unduly interfering in their religious beliefs.
 

Kerala's director general of police (DGP) Loknath Behra demanded an explanation from two police officers regarding arrests of protesters in Sabarimala temple. The Kerala high court has also mocked the Pinarayi Vijayan government over police excesses in Sabarimala temple.

Union minister KJ Alphons Kannanthanam claimed that the Kerala government is responsible for the conflicts at Sabarimala temple and they failed to make basic arrangements for the devotees

The protesters demanded that the BJP leader K Surendran be released and alleged that the police had arrested a devotee.

Sabarimala temple has opened for 70-day-long annual pilgrimage. The current priest will hand over the keys of the sanctum sanctorum to the new priest.
 

Trupti Desai reached the Kochi airport at 5 AM with an intention to visit Sabarimala. After waiting the entire day at Kochi Internation Airport, Trupti Desai would be returning to Pune at 9.30PM. Massive protests were witnessed since 4AM outside the airport.

On Friday, Trupti Desai once again attempted to enter the Sabarimala temple. She landed at the Kochi International Airport with five other women. Massive protests were witnessed at the airport.

The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear 49 petitions seeking a review of the earlier verdict that allowed women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala temple

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan claimed that Sabarimala is entirely in the hands of the state police but a Facebook video has gone viral where RSS leader Valsan Thillankery can be seen controlling the devotees at Sannidhanam

Anju, a Cherthala native, reached Pamba with her husband and children and sought police protection to enter Sabarimala in Kerala.
 

‘Chithira Attavisesham’ marks the birth anniversary celebration of Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the head of the Travancore royal family in Sabarimala.  
 

Media and Devaswom employees have started trekking uphill to Sabarimala. Ayyappa devotees are now stopped at Nilakkal, they will be sent to Pamba by 12 noon.