Sabarimala row: Two women devotees stopped by protesters at Kerala's Appachimedu
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Two women devotees who were on the way to Sabarimala temple were stopped by the protestors on Monday.
The women were stopped by protestors at Kerala's Appachimedu, reported ANI.
On Sunday, with just four days left for the culmination of the first phase of the annual Sabarimala pilgrimage, a group of 11 women of menstruating age made an unsuccessful bid to offer prayers at the Lord Ayyappa shrine as they were forced to return by protesting devotees.
The first phase of the 41-day long annual pilgrim season at the Lord Ayyappa temple would culminate on December 27 with the puja.
Kerala had witnessed massive protests by devotees opposing the apex court verdict on September 28 permitting women of all age groups into the shrine.
Over a dozen women including a journalist and an activist of menstruating age had earlier tried to trek to the shrine, nestled in the Western Ghats forests, but could not make it due to protests by devotees and right-wing activists.
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