The Kerala government’s counsel, while opposing the review of the Supreme Court’s order on Sabarimala, said that the “essential practice of a religion and the essential practice of a temple cannot be confused.” read more

The Supreme Court is all set to hear review petitions against its September verdict allowing women of menstruating age to enter Kerala’s famed Sabarimala shrine. read more

The top court last September had given a ruling ending the traditional ban on the entry of women between 10 and 50 years of age to the Sabarimala shrine. read more

Kerala has witnessed a string of protests in Kerala after the Supreme Court in its order in September last year lifted restrictions on the entry of women between the age of 10 and 50. read more

The BJP has been trying to widen its political footprint in the coastal state, considered a communist bastion, where the RSS runs over 5,000 shakhas, the highest in the country. read more

Spiritual leader Mata Amritanandmayi, who was the chief guest at the gathering, called temples pillars of India civilisation. read more

The row erupted over flaws in the actual age of some of the 51 women, whom the counsel had referred to in the list as “banned” -- on account of they being of menstruating age group of 10 to 50 years -- who prayed at the temple this season. read more

Kerala government told the Supreme Court on Friday that 51 women of menstruating age had entered the Sabarimala temple since the landmark apex court order in September 2018. read more

This is the first time the Kerala government has given a consolidated number of the women who entered Sabarimala temple, dedicated to Lord Ayyappa, considered to be a celibate. read more

Following threats by hardline groups Bindu Ammini, 40, a law lecturer at Kerala’s Kannur University and Kanakadurga, 39, a civil servant, had gone into hiding for almost two weeks after entering the hill shrine. read more

Sabarimala Temple Row Highlights: They started trekking at 5 am and they were blocked for more than 2 hours.The police have arrested eight protestors. read more

After making history, Kanaka Durga now has to contend with a hostile family that hasn’t kindly to her path-breaking visit to the Sabarimala temple. read more

Kanaka Durga, one of the two women who made history by becoming the first in centuries to enter the Sabarimala hill temple in Kerala, was attacked by relatives on her return home on Monday. read more

The Thiruvabharanam was shifted from the strong room of Srambickal Palace in Pandalam to the adjoining Valiyakoickal temple, early in the morning for the devotees to have darshan. read more

People close to the tantri have accused the police of tampering with the numbers to make their case strong by showing that more women have entered the temple even as the Supreme Court is gearing up to hear a bunch of review petitions in an open hearing... read more