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The opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala alleged that the Left government, the RSS and the BJP are trying to sabotage the Sabarimala pilgrimage. The opposition alleged that the government was using the police force to control the devotees at the famous shrine.
 

When Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan was answering a question on the Sabarimala issue in the Assembly, he said that the police have sought RSS leader Valsan Thillankery’s help to avoid clashes at the famous shrine

Kerala governor Palanisamy Sathasivam is preparing to visit Sabarimala shrine as Kanni Swamy in December

The high court ordered the state government not to stop devotees from chanting of 'sharanam' but to allow devotees to go alone or in groups to the Sabarimala shrine of Lord Ayyappa

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan justified the step saying that if they stop visiting Sabarimala as a group, then no one would head to the shrine. However, sources in the Congress say it's a trap to get their leaders arrested. 

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.

The Sabarimala temple re-opened to devotees on November 16 evening. Hindu Aikya Vedi state president, KP Sasikala, was detained on Saturday morning

On Friday, Trupti Desai was trapped inside Kochi airport after hundreds of Lord Ayyappa devotees staged a protest against her planned visit to the Sabarimala shrine 

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

Trupti Desai shot to fame for her activism to make women enter in every shrine where they have been forbidden due to certain rules of different religious sects. The question is whether she wants to visit these places as a devotee or tourist, for she wants her trip to Sabarimala to be sponsored by Kerala government!

10 electric buses to be deployed for travel to the shrine, with five buses being flagged off on Thursday in Thiruvananthapuram by state transport minister AK Saseendran

The Constitutional bench headed by then CJI Dipak Misra had in a landmark verdict in September allowed the entry of women of the menstruating age group in the Lord Ayyappa shrine.