Sabarimala Protest  

Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Kozhikode constituency's BJP candidate Prakash Babu was sent to jail in a case related to Sabarimala violence

With the Lok Sabha elections fast approaching, many citizens in Kerala alleged that the LDF and UDF were trying to gain votes through the Sabarimala protests. The double standards of both the parties over the Sabarimala temple has also been proven, they alleged.

On January 16 too, Reshma and Shanila attempted to enter Sabarimala shrine. But the two were stopped by a group of protesters at Nilakkal.

Rahul Eswar, leader of Ayyappa Dharma Sena from Kerala, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) spokesperson Shashikanth Sharma, and Bajrang Dal leaders took part in the torch light protest held at town Hall in Bengaluru.

 

A total of 260 people have been arrested so far in connection with the violence in Kannur in the last two days following the entry of women into Sabarimala

 

Sabarimala has turned out to be an issue that raises the debate on right to equality and right to religion, says Mohandas Pai, in an exclusive interview to MyNation. Why doesn't CPI(M) stand for issues like the nun rape case or the beliefs of Ayyappa devotees?

 

Protests against the women's entry in the Sabarimala temple turned violent after the CPI(M) and BJP protesters fought in Malappuram on Thursday. 
 

The two women, who recently entered the Sabarimala shrine on January 1, which led to massive protests in Kerala, had stayed at a private lodge in Kodagu's Virajpet.

The ongoing Sabarimala protest that witnessed a sea of devotees coming in support to save the age-old tradition, took an intense turn after two women entered the Sabarimala temple. The protests also took a toll on Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation as 92 buses were stopped resulting in 10.16 revenue loss.
 

Pinarayi Vijayan's move to let women enter Sabarimala in the middle of the night through the back door is a cowardly act. Devaswom Board is anti-Hindu. But the Ayyappa devotees have a two-way approach to fight this legally.
 

According to the Chennai Police, the stone-pelting incident happened after two women of menstruating age entered the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday morning

 Manithi group was shifted to Pampa Ganapathy Temple and later were taken to a safe place. They were able to move only 200 metres further. When protests intensified, the police arrested and removed nearly thirty protesters from there. The Manithi team barged into the guard room. The police too fled from the spot.

The Kerala Police on Saturday arrested Kerala BJP vice-president N Shivarajan and other leaders for violating the prohibitory orders at Nilakkal near Sabarimala

A mass protest was called on November 24 in Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram against the police brutality in Sabarimala